Metaphysical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metaphysical \Met`a*phys"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]taphysique. See
     {Metaphysics}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
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     2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as,


        metaphysical reasoning.
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     3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Obs.]
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              The golden round
              Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem
              To have thee crowned withal.          --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metaphysical
       adj 1: pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical
              philosophy"
       2: without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"
       3: highly abstract and over-theoretical; "metaphysical
          reasoning"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "metaphysical":
     Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Megarian, Stoic, anagogic, animist,
     animistic, atomistic, bodiless, cabalic, cabalistic, cosmotheistic,
     discarnate, eclectic, empirical, esoteric, eudaemonistic,
     existential, hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, humanist, humanistic,
     idealistic, incorporeal, instrumentalist, insubstantial,
     materialistic, mechanistic, metaphysic, monistic, mysterious,
     mystic, naturalistic, nominalist, nonmaterial, nonphysical,
     numinous, occult, panlogistical, pantheistic, positivist,
     positivistic, pragmatic, pragmatist, preternatural, rationalistic,
     realist, realistic, scholastic, sensationalistic, spiritual,
     superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, supramundane,
     supranatural, syncretistic, theistic, theosophical, theosophist,
     transcendent, transcendental, transcendentalist,
     transcendentalistic, unearthly, unfleshly, unphysical, utilitarian,
     vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic