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metaphysical

adj
/ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/

Etymology

From Middle English metaphisicalle, methafisical, from Medieval Latin metaphysicālis. By surface analysis, meta- + physical.

  1. derived from metaphysicālis
  2. inherited from metaphisicalle

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.

  2. Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics.

  3. Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical.

    • The roots of authority, on the contrary, always had a metaphysical character.
    • Magritte offers us ontological shock treatments to jar us out of our metaphysical slumbers, but proposes no satisfying alternative.

The neighborhood

Derived

ametaphysical, antimetaphysical, antimetaphysicalism, extrametaphysical, hypermetaphysical, metametaphysical, metaphysicality, metaphysically, metaphysical naturalism, metaphysicalness, metaquotidian, nonmetaphysical, postmetaphysical, pseudometaphysical, unmetaphysical

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at metaphysical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at metaphysical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at metaphysical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA