metaphysical

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled meta-physical

US /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #27809

Meanings

1

adj
highly abstract and overly theoretical

Metaphysical reasoning.
2

adj
without material form or substance

Metaphysical forces.
3

adj
pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics

Metaphysical philosophy.
4

adj
Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical.

The roots of authority, on the contrary, always had a metaphysical character.

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Synonyms

2 adj · without material form or... immaterial

Word family

Forms metaphysically

Derived forms ametaphysicalantimetaphysicalantimetaphysicalismextrametaphysicalhypermetaphysicalmetametaphysicalmetaphysicalitymetaphysicallymetaphysicalnessmetaquotidiannonmetaphysicalpostmetaphysical

Related forms transcendental

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Phrases (1)

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metaphysical philosophy
Philosophical thought concerning the basic nature of existence, reality, and causation.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English metaphisicalle, methafisical, from Medieval Latin metaphysicālis. By surface analysis, meta- + physical.

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