Both Uses
transcendent
in
Into the Wild
(Edited)
- And then he invented a new life for himself, taking up residence at the ragged margin of our society, wandering across North America in search of raw, transcendent experience.
p. i.8 *transcendent = beyond the ordinary
- Some people who have been brought back from the far edge of starvation, though, report that near the end the hunger vanishes, the terrible pain dissolves, and the suffering is replaced by a sublime euphoria, a sense of calm accompanied by transcendent mental clarity.
p. 198.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(transcendent) beyond the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
or:
surpassing usual limits of excellence - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)