metaphysic

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas
US /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪk/ UK /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪk/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a system or branch of metaphysical thought

    The chapter rejects a metaphysic built only on private sensations.

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1 noun · a system or branch of... metaphysicsontology
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Related forms metaphysicalmetaphysics

Etymology

Back-formation and singular use from metaphysics, ultimately from Greek meta ta physika ('after the Physics').

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