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Metaphysical

//ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to metaphysics. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical. not-comparable

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    highly abstract and overly theoretical wordnet
  2. 2
    transcending physical matter or the laws of nature wordnet
  3. 3
    pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics wordnet

Etymology

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

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