While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the common practice of the community into a moral absolute.
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Metaphysics
//mɛtəˈfɪzɪks//
Synonyms for "metaphysics" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmeronym
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
51 translations across 46 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَا وَرَاءَ الطَّبِيعِيَّات noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
- مِيتَافِيزِيقَا noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Armenian
2 entries- բնազանցություն noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
- մետաֆիզիկա noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метафи́зика noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Catalan
1 entries- metafísica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 形上 noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
- 形而上學 /形而上学 noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Czech
1 entries- metafyzika noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Danish
1 entries- metafysik noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Dutch
1 entries- metafysica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Esperanto
1 entries- metafiziko noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Finnish
1 entries- metafysiikka noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Galician
1 entries- metafísica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
German
1 entries- Metaphysik noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Greek
1 entries- μεταφυσική noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Gujarati
1 entries- તત્ત્વમીમાંસા noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Hindi
1 entries- तत्त्वमीमांसा noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Hungarian
1 entries- metafizika noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Icelandic
1 entries- frumspeki noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Ido
1 entries- metafiziko noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Indonesian
1 entries- metafisika noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Interlingua
1 entries- metaphysica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Irish
1 entries- meitifisic noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Japanese
1 entries- 形而上学 noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Khmer
2 entries- បរមត្ថវិជ្ជា noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
- អស្តិរូបវិជ្ជា noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Korean
1 entries- 형이상학 noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Latin
1 entries- metaphysica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Latvian
1 entries- metafizika noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Macedonian
1 entries- метафи́зика noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- metafysikk noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- metafysikk noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Occitan
1 entries- metafisica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Polish
1 entries- metafizyka noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Portuguese
1 entries- metafísica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Russian
1 entries- метафи́зика noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Scots
1 entries- metapheisics noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Slovak
1 entries- metafyzika noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Slovene
1 entries- metafizika noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Spanish
1 entries- metafísica noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Swahili
1 entries- metafizikia noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Swedish
1 entries- metafysik noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Tagalog
1 entries- labawsugnayan noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Thai
1 entries- อภิปรัชญา noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Turkish
2 entries- mabaduttabiyye noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
- metafizik noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Ukrainian
1 entries- метафі́зика noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Vietnamese
1 entries- siêu hình học noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Walloon
1 entries- metafizike noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Yiddish
1 entries- מעטאַפֿיזיק noun (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The exact meaning of metaphysics is controversial.
Source: tatoeba (908603)
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
Source: tatoeba (3041125)
Religion is the metaphysics of the common people.
Source: tatoeba (3084366)
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