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metaphysics
  1. (philosophy) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens).
  2. (philosophy) The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
  3. (logic) The metalogic of physics; The logical framework of physics.
  4. (uncountable, by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
  5. (uncountable) The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
  6. (uncountable) Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “It is the basis of his attack on transcendent metaphysics, and on all religions that postulate an afterlife.”
      “He constructed a system which embraces metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, ethics, and the meaning of life.”
      “Physics, when studied in depth, is not able to quench the scientist's thirst and soon melts into metaphysics.”
metaphysic
  1. (philosophy) The field of study of metaphysics.
  2. (philosophy) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought.
  3. (philosophy) A fundamental principle or key concept.
metaphysician
  1. (philosophy) A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Thomas Aquinas was a notable metaphysician.”
      “He had both the subtle mind of the metaphysician and the penetrating insight of the disillusioned moralist.”
      “The dexterity with which he counterfeits sanity presents, to the metaphysician, one of the most singular problems in the study of mind.”
metaphysicality
  1. The quality of being metaphysical.
metaphysitian
  1. Obsolete form of metaphysician.
metaphysicks
  1. Obsolete form of metaphysics.
metaphysick
  1. Obsolete form of metaphysic.
metaphysicks
  1. plural of metaphysick
metaphysicist
metaphysics
  1. plural of metaphysic
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It is the basis of his attack on transcendent metaphysics, and on all religions that postulate an afterlife.”
      “He constructed a system which embraces metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, ethics, and the meaning of life.”
      “Physics, when studied in depth, is not able to quench the scientist's thirst and soon melts into metaphysics.”
metaphysicalities
  1. plural of metaphysicality
metaphysicians
  1. plural of metaphysician
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A battalion of solid metaphysicians, reinforced by a tribe of tittering harridans and three companies of ventripotent buffoons, venture a daring sally.”
      “Williams would seem to be claiming that these metaphysicians and epistemologists stand on neutral ground when deciding between various ways of reaching agreement.”
      “What God is in himself we cannot know, an existential Judgment we cannot form without going over to the metaphysicians.”
metaphysicists
metaphysitians
  1. plural of metaphysitian
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