metaphysical
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- adjective
- /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/
- Formal
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metafísico
- Philosophers often explore metaphysical questions about existence that go beyond what we can see.
- metaphysical foundations
- metaphysical realm
- metaphysical truths
This is what later on Camus will call metaphysical revolt, right?
- This is what later on Camus will call metaphysical revolt, right?
- But of course there are physical and metaphysical issues with this.
- It's, it's like a metaphysical institute.
- That's the metaphysical desert by the way, right?
- I think that there's this really cool quote from this metaphysical text that's miracles are natural, but when they're not occurring, something has gone wrong.
- But Jerusalem is the great metaphysical city of the world.
- But what it really is is the metaphysical elements of of virtue.
Examples
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We might begin our investigation with a metaphysical question: "What is an official in a sporting context?"
Academic text (1991) -
We lost a lot of important metaphysical concepts.
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But of course there are physical and metaphysical issues with this.
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I think a lot of this comes from a metaphysical basis, even.
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What is this, a metaphysical question?
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But Jerusalem is the great metaphysical city of the world.
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A third limit requires accepting the lack of metaphysical foundations for our world.
Academic text (1999) -
I know my mother teaches metaphysical poetry at Vassar.
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Chemistry, my dear fellow... is the material manifestation of the metaphysical.
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I know I qualify for this experiment because I've had a long history of interest in the paranormal and the metaphysical world.
Synonyms
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A world of beings and events believed to be beyond nature
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About what exists and what is real
About the basic nature of reality beyond the physical world
A concept beyond ordinary experience and understanding
A part of reality beyond things you can see or measure
How Abstract
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
metaphysical = metaphysic (semi-transparent) = meta + physical + al
The adjective is recognizably related to 'metaphysic', but the specialized philosophical sense is not fully predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Metaphysical comes from Greek parts meta- meaning 'beyond' and physics meaning 'nature' or 'the physical world'. So, metaphysical refers to questions that go 'beyond' the physical, like the basic nature of reality and existence.