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Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.
Wayne Coyne

Meaning of "metaphysical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METAPHYSICAL

metaphysical  [ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METAPHYSICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metaphysical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES METAPHYSICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Metaphysics

Metaphysics is a traditional branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that encompasses it, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms: ▪ What is ultimately there? ▪ What is it like? A person who studies metaphysics is called a metaphysicist  or a metaphysician. The metaphysician attempts to clarify the fundamental notions by which people understand the world, e.g., existence, objects and their properties, space and time, cause and effect, and possibility. A central branch of metaphysics is ontology, the investigation into the basic categories of being and how they relate to each other. Another central branch of metaphysics is cosmology, the study of the origin, fundamental structure, nature, and dynamics of the universe. Some include Epistemology as another central focus of metaphysics but this can be questioned. Prior to the modern history of science, scientific questions were addressed as a part of metaphysics known as natural philosophy.

Definition of metaphysical in the English dictionary

The first definition of metaphysical in the dictionary is relating to or concerned with metaphysics. Other definition of metaphysical is having the form of an empirical hypothesis, but in fact immune from empirical testing and therefore literally meaningless. Metaphysical is also abstract, abstruse, or unduly theoretical.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METAPHYSICAL


aerobiological
ˌɛərəʊˌbaɪəˈlɒdzɪkəl
antimusical
ˌæntɪˈmjuːzɪkəl
astrophysical
ˌæstrəʊˈfɪzɪkəl
biophysical
ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪzɪkəl
geophysical
ˌdʒiːəʊˈfɪzɪkəl
hyperphysical
ˌhaɪpəˈfɪzɪkəl
lackadaisical
ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl
microphysical
ˈmaɪkrəʊˈfɪzɪkəl
musical
ˈmjuːzɪkəl
nonmusical
ˌnɒnˈmjuːzɪkəl
nonphysical
nɒnˈfɪzɪkəl
petrophysical
ˌpɛtrəʊˈfɪzɪkəl
physical
ˈfɪzɪkəl
psychophysical
ˌsaɪkəʊˈfɪzɪkəl
quizzical
ˈkwɪzɪkəl
superphysical
ˌsuːpəˈfɪzɪkəl
ultraphysical
ˌʌltrəˈfɪzɪkəl
unmetaphysical
ʌnˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl
unmusical
ʌnˈmjuːzɪkəl
whimsical
ˈwɪmzɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METAPHYSICAL

metaphoric
metaphorical
metaphorically
metaphoricalness
metaphorist
metaphosphate
metaphosphoric acid
metaphrase
metaphrasis
metaphrast
metaphrastic
metaphrastical
metaphrastically
metaphysic
metaphysically
metaphysician
metaphysicise
metaphysicist
metaphysicize
metaphysics

WORDS THAT END LIKE METAPHYSICAL

anticlassical
cataphysical
chemical
classical
commonsensical
dropsical
extramusical
extrinsical
geodesical
intrinsical
jukebox musical
neoclassical
nonclassical
nonsensical
paradisical
phthisical
postclassical
preclassical
semiclassical
unclassical
vesical

Synonyms and antonyms of metaphysical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «METAPHYSICAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «metaphysical» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of metaphysical

Translation of «metaphysical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METAPHYSICAL

Find out the translation of metaphysical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metaphysical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metaphysical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

形而上学的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metafísico
570 millions of speakers

English

metaphysical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आध्यात्मिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميتافيزيقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

метафизическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metafísico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধিবিদ্যক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métaphysique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metafizik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

metaphysisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

形而学的
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

형이상학의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metafisika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

siêu hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனோதத்துவ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तत्त्वज्ञानविषयक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metafiziksel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metafisico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metafizyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

метафізична
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metafizic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταφυσική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metafisiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metafysiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metafysiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metaphysical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPHYSICAL»

The term «metaphysical» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.009 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metaphysical

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10 QUOTES WITH «METAPHYSICAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word metaphysical.
1
Tim Allen
The world's a mean place. It's unfair, then it's fair. It's hateful, then it's loving. It's a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.
2
Sri Aurobindo
Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction.
3
Annie Besant
In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in which the One Reality shows itself forth in our changing universe. The more 'material' and solid the appearance, the further is it from reality, and therefore the more illusory it is.
4
Arthur Boyd
I stress the uniqueness of the Australian landscape and its metaphysical and mythic content.
5
Joseph Brodsky
For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.
6
Larry Charles
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in a very Jewish neighbourhood and thought the whole world was like that. My parents were secular, but I went to a very Orthodox Jewish school, and I really got into it. I found it all fascinating, and I was just kind of really attracted to the metaphysical questions.
7
Auguste Comte
Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.
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Wayne Coyne
Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.
9
Marcel Duchamp
Dada was an extreme protest against the physical side of painting. It was a metaphysical attitude.
10
John Fowles
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METAPHYSICAL»

Discover the use of metaphysical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metaphysical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic
In a searching exposition of the metaphysical problems underpinning Leibniz's theory of logical judgment, Heidegger establishes that a given theory of logic is rooted in a certain conception of Being.
Martin Heidegger, 1984
2
Metaphysical Poetry: An Anthology
Dramatic and conversational in rhythm and tone and rich in striking, unusual imagery, metaphysical poetry is represented in this anthology by such masterpieces as "Death, Be Not Proud," by John Donne; Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," ...
Paul Negri, 2012
3
Metaphysical Elements of Justice: Part I of The Metaphysics ...
This volume offers the complete text of Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, Part One, translated by John Ladd, along with Ladd's illuminating Introduction to the first edition, updated to include discussion of such issues as Kant's conception of ...
Immanuel Kant, John Ladd, 1999
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Metaphysical Song: An Essay on Opera
"--Lydia Goehr, Columbia University "This extraordinary book offers us an 'alternative story' of the history of opera. . . . [It] will have an important . . . effect on the way we think about opera."--Roger Parker, Oxford University
Gary Tomlinson, 1999
5
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
The last section discusses some of the fundamental twentieth-century ideas they are associated with. This is a book about a way of thinking that changed American life.
Louis Menand, 2002
6
Descartes' Metaphysical Physics
In this first book-length treatment of Descartes' important and influential natural philosophy, Daniel Garber is principally concerned with Descartes' accounts of matter and motion—the joint between Descartes' philosophical and scientific ...
Daniel Garber, 1992
7
Metaphysical Poetry
This collection includes work by Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Vaughan, Anne Bradstreet, Katherine Philips and more.
Colin Burrow, 2006
8
Detecting Texts: The Metaphysical Detective Story from Poe ...
"No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."—Brian McHale, West Virginia University
Patricia Merivale, Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, 2011
9
Metaphysical Themes in Thomas Aquinas
'A clear, competent and well-documented volume...Professors today who have the luxury of teaching metaphysics should heed its messages and convey its lessons to students.' --International Studies in Philosophy
John F. Wippel, 1984
10
The Metaphysical Thought of Thomas Aquinas: From Finite ...
Written by a highly respected scholar of Thomas Aquinas's writings, this volume offers a comprehensive presentation of Aquinas's metaphysical thought.
John F. Wippel, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METAPHYSICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metaphysical is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Comic Insider: Boston Metaphysical Society
Women and people of color take center stage in the Boston Metaphysical Society comic, written by Madeline Holly-Rosing, with art by Emily Hu. «Bam! Smack! Pow!, Jul 15»
2
Aryans in Arcadia
... 19th century, fueled by the scramble for Africa, the works of those writing in the genre began to morph into a sort of metaphysical colonialism. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
3
"No UI" Design's Next Move: Fake UI
What matters in technology, he says, is not some metaphysical value like honesty, but practical value: What is the job to be done? What are the ... «Co.Design, Jul 15»
4
Ales Kot's highly ambitious Zero explores the deep roots of violence
... feel like a rehash to include it, and it would work well with the show if Kot planned on retaining that metaphysical, dreamlike turn of the comic. «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 15»
5
Buying Pagan Stuff: A Guide For Those Trying to Do (Mostly) the …
I try to avoid such things but when I find a bell I like at the metaphysical store my first thought isn't always “I wonder where this was made? «Patheos, Jul 15»
6
What Does Being Agnostic Mean? 5 Things To Know About Those …
Just to clarify, as Wikipedia puts it, identifying as agnostic means you believe that, “the truth values of certain claims — especially metaphysical and religious ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
7
Former McKinsey boss chose to rewire rather than retire
I did not want to retire, I knew I had to rewire. At a strategic level I was open to the idea of reinvention, although this was at a metaphysical level. «The National, Jul 15»
8
Virtual Reality event to tap into South Africa's creative community 29 …
Dr. Hendranus Vermeulen will dive into the metaphysical question of “what is reality?” and attempt to discuss what we can learn from this new ... «Memeburn, Jul 15»
9
Centre College hosts Kentucky Philosophical Association Summer …
“In my paper, I'm trying to defend a way of understanding a part of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, showing that we can have metaphysical ... «Centre College News, Jul 15»
10
'Ant-Man' Leads To Bigger Things In 'Doctor Strange'
... considered a different dimension from Earth's, giving what is generally seen in the comics as a domain of “magic” a more metaphysical spin. «Science Fiction, Jul 15»

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