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pataphysics

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French pataphysique, where it was coined by author Alfred Jarry from a pun deriving from the Ancient Greek title of a work by Aristotle; see pataphysique for more.

  1. borrowed from pataphysique

Definitions

  1. An absurdist philosophy or pseudoscience studying things "beyond" metaphysics.

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