The difference between Otherworldly and Transcendental

When used as adjectives, otherworldly means of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world, whereas transcendental means concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.


Transcendental is also noun with the meaning: a transcendentalist.

check bellow for the other definitions of Otherworldly and Transcendental

  1. Otherworldly as an adjective:

    Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.

  2. Otherworldly as an adjective:

    Not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar.

  1. Transcendental as a noun (obsolete):

    A transcendentalist.

  2. Transcendental as a noun (philosophy, metaphysics, Platonism, Christian theology, usually plural):

    Any one of the three transcendental properties of being: truth, beauty or goodness, which respectively are the ideals of science, art and religion and the principal subjects of the study of logic, aesthetics and ethics.

  1. Transcendental as an adjective (philosophy):

    Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.

  2. Transcendental as an adjective:

    Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.

  3. Transcendental as an adjective:

    Mystical or supernatural.

  4. Transcendental as an adjective (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a [[number]] or an [[element]] of an [[extension field]]):

    Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).

  5. Transcendental as an adjective (algebra, field theory, of an [[extension field]]):

    That contains elements that are not algebraic.