adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

supernaturalabstractanagogicanimistanimisticatomistic

Antonyms

All antonyms

existential

Example

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"Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

metaphysical naturalism

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