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   metaphysical

   /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to metaphysics: "the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of mind"
   • ▪ based on abstract reasoning: "an empiricist rather than a metaphysical view of law" Similar abstracttheoreticalconceptualnotionalphilosophicalspeculativeintellectualacademicunpracticalabstrusereconditeOpposite empirical
   • ▪ transcending physical matter or the laws of nature: "Good and Evil are inextricably linked in a metaphysical battle across space and time" Similar transcendentalspiritualsupernaturalparanormalextramundaneunearthlyetherealincorporealOpposite physical
   • 2. of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets.

   noun

   • 1. the metaphysical poets.

   Derivatives

   • 1. metaphysically adverb

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