metempiricaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtɪmˈpɪrᵻkl/,

/ˌmɛtɛmˈpɪrᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəmˈpɪrᵻk(ə)l/,

/ˌmɛdɛmˈpɪrᵻk(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s– metempirical, 1900s– meta-empirical, 1900s– metaempirical.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, empirical adj. and n.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + empirical adj. and n.; coined by G. H. Lewes (see quots. 1873 at main sense, 1874 at main sense).Lewes coined a group of related words in the early 1870s (see also metempirics n., metempiricist n.); he also coined French métempirique (see metempiric adj.). The usual form is now meta-empirical.

Chiefly Philosophy.

Relating to matters beyond the range of empirical knowledge, metaphysical; (occasionally) affirming the validity of concepts or beliefs not based on experience. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [adjective] > relating to metempiricism

metempirical1873

metempiric1886

transempirical1904

1873 J. Blackwood Let. 14 Apr. in George Eliot Letters (1956) V. 400 Your [sc. Lewes's] metempirical is an ingenious word but I almost feel the general application of the meaning of the word Empirical will not be got over.

1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind 1st Ser. I. 17 If then the Empirical designates the province we include within the range of Science, the province we exclude may fitly be styled the Metempirical.

a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) ii. 17 The simplest Metempirical assumption, and one made by every man, is that there is a Metempirical existence, that he and his own experience are not all that has ever existed.

1888 Athenæum 11 Feb. 184 It appropriated for empiricism doctrines hitherto the special property of metempirical schools.

1908 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 18 406 The writer is opposed to Idealistic systems of ethics and to all metempirical assumption in philosophic thought.

1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxv. 219 Strange ‘metempirical’..undercurrents seemed to double internally, and thus enrich, the simplest expression of her simplest thoughts.

1973 Current Anthropol. 14 169 Nor do we necessarily have to agree with the structural creed that cultural reality is to be found only at a metaphenomenal and metaempirical level.

1981 J. N. Findlay Kant & Transcendental Object iv. 138 The acts which constitute experience are for Kant metempirical acts, just as the self which performs them is, in its relevant character, a metempirical entity.

Derivatives

metemˈpirically adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [adverb] > metempirically

metempirically1884

1884 Spectator 2 Feb. 161 Every atom..is..‘metempirically’, as he [sc. Barratt] calls it—a centre of consciousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metempirical
释义	metempiricaladj.n. Brit. /ˌmɛtɪmˈpɪrᵻkl/, /ˌmɛtɛmˈpɪrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəmˈpɪrᵻk(ə)l/, /ˌmɛdɛmˈpɪrᵻk(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s– metempirical, 1900s– meta-empirical, 1900s– metaempirical. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, empirical adj. and n. Etymology: < meta- prefix + empirical adj. and n.; coined by G. H. Lewes (see quots. 1873 at main sense, 1874 at main sense).Lewes coined a group of related words in the early 1870s (see also metempirics n., metempiricist n.); he also coined French métempirique (see metempiric adj.). The usual form is now meta-empirical. Chiefly Philosophy. Relating to matters beyond the range of empirical knowledge, metaphysical; (occasionally) affirming the validity of concepts or beliefs not based on experience. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [adjective] > relating to metempiricism metempirical1873 metempiric1886 transempirical1904 1873 J. Blackwood Let. 14 Apr. in George Eliot Letters (1956) V. 400 Your [sc. Lewes's] metempirical is an ingenious word but I almost feel the general application of the meaning of the word Empirical will not be got over. 1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind 1st Ser. I. 17 If then the Empirical designates the province we include within the range of Science, the province we exclude may fitly be styled the Metempirical. a1881 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric (1883) ii. 17 The simplest Metempirical assumption, and one made by every man, is that there is a Metempirical existence, that he and his own experience are not all that has ever existed. 1888 Athenæum 11 Feb. 184 It appropriated for empiricism doctrines hitherto the special property of metempirical schools. 1908 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 18 406 The writer is opposed to Idealistic systems of ethics and to all metempirical assumption in philosophic thought. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. xxxv. 219 Strange ‘metempirical’..undercurrents seemed to double internally, and thus enrich, the simplest expression of her simplest thoughts. 1973 Current Anthropol. 14 169 Nor do we necessarily have to agree with the structural creed that cultural reality is to be found only at a metaphenomenal and metaempirical level. 1981 J. N. Findlay Kant & Transcendental Object iv. 138 The acts which constitute experience are for Kant metempirical acts, just as the self which performs them is, in its relevant character, a metempirical entity. Derivatives metemˈpirically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [adverb] > metempirically metempirically1884 1884 Spectator 2 Feb. 161 Every atom..is..‘metempirically’, as he [sc. Barratt] calls it—a centre of consciousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1873
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