metaphysicist
ə noun
a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English metaphisicien, probably < Middle French metaphysicien, equivalent to metaphysique metaphysic + -ien -ian
1425–75; late Middle English metaphisicien, probably < Middle French metaphysicien, equivalent to metaphysique metaphysic + -ien -ian
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metaphysics (ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the branch of philosophy that deals with first principles, esp of being and knowing |
| 2. | the philosophical study of the nature of reality, concerned with such questions as the existence of God, the external world, etc |
| 3. | See descriptive metaphysics |
| 4. | (popularly) abstract or subtle discussion or reasoning |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin, from Greek ta meta ta phusika the things after the physics, from the arrangement of the subjects treated in the works of Aristotle] | |
| metaphysician | |
| —n | |
| metaphysicist | |
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| metaphysics (ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the branch of philosophy that deals with first principles, esp of being and knowing |
| 2. | the philosophical study of the nature of reality, concerned with such questions as the existence of God, the external world, etc |
| 3. | See descriptive metaphysics |
| 4. | (popularly) abstract or subtle discussion or reasoning |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin, from Greek ta meta ta phusika the things after the physics, from the arrangement of the subjects treated in the works of Aristotle] | |
| metaphysician | |
| —n | |
| metaphysicist | |
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