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transcendentalism

/ˌtrænsenˈdentəlɪzəm/noun

उच्चारण ट्रैन्सेन्डेन्टलिज़म

अतीन्द्रियवाद, परात्परवाद

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    [U] philosophy

    a belief that knowledge of the most important truths comes from intuition and the spirit rather than from experience of the physical world

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    • Transcendentalism had a deep influence on American literature in the 19th century.
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Transcendentalism was a 19th-century American movement led by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, and Thoreau's essay on civil disobedience later influenced Mahatma Gandhi.

Transcendentalism उन्नीसवीं सदी का एक American आंदोलन था, जिसके प्रमुख Ralph Waldo Emerson और Henry David Thoreau थे, और Thoreau के civil disobedience वाले निबंध ने बाद में महात्मा गांधी को प्रभावित किया।