metaphysician
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- noun
- /ˌmɛtəfəˈzɪʃən/
- Many people seek a metaphysician for advice on personal growth and spiritual healing.
Examples
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The metaphysician guided her clients through meditation to help them find inner peace.
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I'm all I better not name who, but it's of the current crop of metaphysicians and they have this notion about grounding.
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As a metaphysician, he explores the connections between mind, body, and spirit.
Synonyms
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A person who says they can talk with the spirits of dead people
How Spiritual
Surface Forms
Morphology
metaphysician = metaphysics (semi-transparent) = metaphysics + ian
Morphologically clear but the popular/spiritual/practitioner sense departs from the academic meaning of 'metaphysics', so inference from the base is less reliable for learners.
Etymology
Metaphysician comes from Greek meta- 'beyond' and physika 'the natural things', the same root as physics. A helpful way to remember the modern use is that people who give spiritual guidance or energy healing work with what is 'beyond' the body, so they are sometimes called metaphysicians.