Transcendentalist (Noun)
Meaning
Advocate of transcendentalism.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Henry David Thoreau was a well-known transcendentalist who wrote about the importance of simple living and spiritual exploration.
- The American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was a prominent transcendentalist of his time.
- Hervey Allen, the novelist and literary critic, drew heavily on transcendentalist thought in his early works.
- Bronson Alcott was an American transcendentalist, philosopher, and educational reformer.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson was often described as the father of American transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century.