Pataphysics

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An absurdist philosophy or pseudoscience studying things "beyond" metaphysics. uncountable
  2. 2
    a philosophy or media theory dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French pataphysique, where it was coined by author Alfred Jarry from a pun deriving from the Ancient Greek title of a work by Aristotle; see pataphysique for more.

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