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met·a·phys·i·cal    Audio Help   [met-uh-fiz-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
2.Philosophy.
a.concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth.
b.concerned with first principles and ultimate grounds, as being, time, or substance.
3.highly abstract, subtle, or abstruse.
4.designating or pertaining to the poetry of an early group of 17th-century English poets, notably John Donne, whose characteristic style is highly intellectual and philosophical and features intensive use of ingenious conceits and turns of wit.
5.Archaic. imaginary or fanciful.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME metaphisicalle < ML metaphysicālis. See metaphysic, -al1]

met·a·phys·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Metaphysical School / UMS
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met·a·phys·i·cal    Audio Help   (mět'ə-fĭz'ĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to metaphysics.
  2. Based on speculative or abstract reasoning.
  3. Highly abstract or theoretical; abstruse.
    1. Immaterial; incorporeal. See Synonyms at immaterial.
    2. Supernatural.
  4. often Metaphysical Of or relating to the poetry of a group of 17th-century English poets whose verse is characterized by an intellectually challenging style and extended metaphors comparing very dissimilar things.


[Middle English metaphisicalle, from Medieval Latin metaphysicālis, from metaphysica, metaphysics; see metaphysics.]

met'a·phys'i·cal·ly adv.
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metaphysical

adjective
1. pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical philosophy" 
2. without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces" 
3. highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning" 

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Metaphysical

Met`a*phys"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]taphysique. See Metaphysics.]

1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.

2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning.

3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Obs.]

The golden round *Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal. --Shak.
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