transcendence

IPA: trænsˈɛndʌns

(countable) The act of surpassing usual limits.
(uncountable) The state of being beyond the range of normal perception.
(uncountable) The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.
Superior excellence; supereminence.
(mathematics) The property of being a transcendental number.

Examples of "transcendence" in Sentences

That kind of transcendence is our only hope in a dangerous age like this.
He reserves the term transcendence to describe this act of "world-making."
What greater act of transcendence is there than projecting your love and hope onto others?
It's artful, but calling it an "art game," an experiment, a transcendence, is a bit of a misnomer.
Desire, not least in matters of racial transcendence, is what secured Mr. Obama's nomination and election.
Paradoxically, Kierkegaard says the ultimate the transcendence is to choose the religious life, and gay men have to fight for this option in the Christian and Judeo traditions.
And it seems strangely appropriate also that what goes with this transcendence is a balancing step towards humanity -- an ability to age and die but also an ability to have children.