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pataphysics, n. pl. (const. as sing.)|pætəˈfɪzɪks|
Also 'pataphysics.
[ad. Gr. τὰ ἐπὶ τὰ µεταϕυσικά ‘the (works) imposed on the Metaphysics' (see metaphysics n. pl.).]
The study of a realm additional to metaphysics, a concept introduced by Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), French writer and dramatist of the absurd. Hence pataˈphysical a., pataphyˈsician.
[1911A. Jarry (title) Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien.] 1945C. Connolly tr. Jarry's Ubu Cocu in Horizon Dec. 375 What's all this? Monsieur Ubu, sometime King of Poland and Aragon, Professor of Pataphysics? That makes no sense at all. Ibid. 376 Remember that you are conversing with a famous pataphysician... Pataphysics is a branch of science which we have invented and for which a crying need is generally experienced. 1960Evergreen Rev. May–June 131 'Pataphysics..is the science of that which is superinduced upon metaphysics... 'Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions. 1971Lennon & McCartney in A. Aldridge Beatles' Illustr. Lyrics II. 106 Joan was quizzical studied pataphysical Science in the home Late night all alone with a test-tube. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Apr. 415/4 That dogged pedantry which is perversely common among 'pataphysicians like himself. 1975Physics Bull. Feb. 61/1 Perhaps it should also be mentioned here the existence of another ‘physics’—‘pataphysics’, an invention of Alfred Jarry, probably the father of the Dada movement. |