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US /ˌmɛtəfɪˈzɪʃən/ UK /ˌmetəfɪˈzɪʃən/
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1 noun · a philosopher who studies... metaphysicistontologist
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Forms metaphysicians

Etymology

From late Middle English metaphisicien, probably through Middle French metaphysicien, formed from metaphysic on the model of words such as physician. Metaphysics ultimately takes its name from the Greek title ta meta ta physika, "the works after the Physics."

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