transcendentalize

transitive verb

tran·​scen·​den·​tal·​ize

-ed/-ing/-s

1

: to make transcendent : cause to transcend

other Christian critics … transcendentalize the values out of all significant contact with action

—E. E. Aubrey

2

: to make transcendental : idealize

was so easy for him to transcendentalize this emotion

—H. S. Canby

Word History

Etymology

transcendental entry 1 + -ize

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