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   Met·a·phys·i·cal

   /ˌmedəˈfizək(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to metaphysics: "the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of the mind"
   • ▪ based on abstract (typically, excessively abstract) reasoning: "an empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law" Similar abstracttheoreticalconceptualnotionalphilosophicalspeculativeintellectualacademicunpracticalabstrusereconditeOpposite empirical
   • ▪ transcending physical matter or the laws of nature: "Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time" Similar transcendentalspiritualsupernaturalparanormalextramundaneunearthlyetherealincorporealOpposite physical
   • 2. of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets.

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   • 1. the metaphysical poets.

   Derivatives

   • 1. metaphysically adverb

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   What does metaphysics mean?

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   Sep 10, 2007 · Metaphysics. It is not easy to say what metaphysics is. Ancient and Medieval philosophers might have said that metaphysics was, like chemistry or astrology, to be defined by its subject-matter: metaphysics was the “science” that studied “being as such” or “the first causes of things” or “things that do not change”.

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