metaphysical

[US]/metə'fɪzɪk(ə)l/
[UK]/ˌmɛtə'fɪzɪkl/
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Translation

adj. relating to the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of existence, the mind, and the relationship between the two; dealing with abstract or theoretical concepts rather than concrete realities; supernatural

Phrases & Collocations

metaphysical philosophy

metaphysical concept

metaphysical reality

metaphysical inquiry

Example Sentences

a deep metaphysical theory.

the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of mind.

Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.

an empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law.

Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time.

The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images.

But the metaphysical base of Confucian Humanization is philosophic theory of rational humanism, not pure dogmata of belief.

In Samkhya philosophy, the concept of Muladhara is that of moola prakriti, the metaphysical basis of material existence.

Engel's In-troduction is an effective weapon in carrying out criticisms of the decadent idealistic-metaphysical viewpoints in contemporary cosmogonical researeh.

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