Dictionary Definition
metaphysical adj
1 pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics;
"metaphysical philosophy"
2 without material form or substance;
"metaphysical forces"
3 highly abstract and over-theoretical;
"metaphysical reasoning"
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English
Etymology
Grammatically derived from "metaphysics"Pronunciation
/ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/Adjective
- Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
- Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical).
See also
Extensive Definition
Metaphysical may refer to:
- Metaphysics, a branch of philosophy dealing with aspects of the ultimate nature of reality
- Metaphysical poets, a poetic school from seventeenth century England who correspond with baroque period in European literature
- Metaphysical art, a style of painting invented by Giorgio De Chirico
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, anagogic, animist, animistic, atomistic, bodiless, cabalic, cabalistic, cosmotheistic, discarnate, eclectic, empirical, esoteric, eudaemonistic, existential, hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, humanist, humanistic, idealistic, incorporeal, instrumentalist,
insubstantial,
materialistic,
mechanistic,
metaphysic, monistic, mysterious, mystic, naturalistic, nominalist, nonmaterial, nonphysical, numinous, occult, panlogistical, pantheistic, positivist, positivistic, pragmatic, pragmatist, preternatural, rationalistic, realist, realistic, scholastic, sensationalistic,
spiritual, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, supramundane, supranatural, syncretistic, theistic, theosophical, theosophist, transcendent, transcendental, transcendentalist,
transcendentalistic,
unearthly, unfleshly, unphysical, utilitarian, vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic