self-transcendencyn.
/ˌsɛlftranˈsɛnd(ə)nsi/, /ˌsɛlftrɑːnˈsɛnd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˌsɛlftræn(t)ˈsɛndnsi/ Now rare.
Transcendence or surpassing of one's perceived limitations; = self-transcendence n.In quot. 1879: the fact of something transcending or surpassing itself.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds > of one's own
self-transcendence1846
self-transcendency1879
1879 J. H. Hoose On Province Methods Teaching ii. 142 The latter feeling requires a self-transcendency of each item, so that each not only is in relation, but knows its relation, to the other.
1895 W. James in Psychol. Rev. 2 110 Those mysterious notions of self-transcendency..which are such essential parts of the ideas of knowledge.
1914 Fortn. Rev. June 1009 Of romanticism he had, indeed, the self-transcendency, the emotional affinities with nature, beyond his fellows.
1971 Victorian Poetry 9 198 The poet..must discover and experience utter freedom and self-transcendency through his own realization of the infinite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1879