pataphysicsn.

Brit.

/patəˈfɪzɪks/, U.S.

/pædəˈfɪzɪks/

Forms: 1900s– pataphysics, 1900s– 'pataphysics.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pataphysique.

Etymology: < French pataphysique (a1907), humorously < 'p- (after ancient Greek ἐπι- epi- prefix) + -a ta (after ancient Greek μετὰ τὰ ϕυσικά , the title of Aristotle's work on metaphysics: see metaphysic n.¹) + physique physics n., after French métaphysique : see -ic suffix 2. The concept was introduced by Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), French writer and dramatist of the absurd, who comments on the etymology and spelling thus:a1907 A. Jarry Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, Pataphysicien (1980) viii. 31 La pataphysique, dont l'étymologie doit s'écrire ἐπὶ (μετὰ τὰ ϕυσικὰ) et l'orthographe réelle 'pataphysique, précédé d'un apostrophe, afin d'éviter un facile calembour, est la science de ce qui se surajoute à la métaphysique.

A notional branch of knowledge dealing with that which eludes scientific or metaphysical understanding (originally elaborated by the French writer and dramatist of the absurd, Alfred Jarry); the philosophy of the absurd. Also: (in extended use) pseudoscientific or pseudo-metaphysical nonsense.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > existentialism > [noun] > pataphysics and its adherents

pataphysics1934

pataphysician1945

1934 R. Michaud Mod.Thought & Lit. in France ix.184 In Doctor Faustroll Jarry invented what he called ‘pataphysics’... He defined ‘pataphysics’ as ‘the science of imaginary solutions, an exact science and a liberal art’.

1945 C. Connolly tr. A. Jarry Ubu Cocu in Horizon Dec. 376 Pataphysics is a branch of science which we have invented and for which a crying need is generally experienced.

1960 Evergreen Rev. May 131 'Pataphysics..is the science of that which is superinduced upon metaphysics... 'Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions.

1977 J. A. Cuddon Dict. Literary Terms (at cited word) Pataphysics are the metaphysics of nonsense and the absurd, and are anti-reason.

2002 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Sept. 14 Signed up for night classes in runic prophecy and Pataphysics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pataphysics
释义	pataphysicsn. Brit. /patəˈfɪzɪks/, U.S. /pædəˈfɪzɪks/ Forms: 1900s– pataphysics, 1900s– 'pataphysics. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pataphysique. Etymology: < French pataphysique (a1907), humorously < 'p- (after ancient Greek ἐπι- epi- prefix) + -a ta (after ancient Greek μετὰ τὰ ϕυσικά , the title of Aristotle's work on metaphysics: see metaphysic n.¹) + physique physics n., after French métaphysique : see -ic suffix 2. The concept was introduced by Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), French writer and dramatist of the absurd, who comments on the etymology and spelling thus:a1907 A. Jarry Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, Pataphysicien (1980) viii. 31 La pataphysique, dont l'étymologie doit s'écrire ἐπὶ (μετὰ τὰ ϕυσικὰ) et l'orthographe réelle 'pataphysique, précédé d'un apostrophe, afin d'éviter un facile calembour, est la science de ce qui se surajoute à la métaphysique. A notional branch of knowledge dealing with that which eludes scientific or metaphysical understanding (originally elaborated by the French writer and dramatist of the absurd, Alfred Jarry); the philosophy of the absurd. Also: (in extended use) pseudoscientific or pseudo-metaphysical nonsense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > existentialism > [noun] > pataphysics and its adherents pataphysics1934 pataphysician1945 1934 R. Michaud Mod.Thought & Lit. in France ix.184 In Doctor Faustroll Jarry invented what he called ‘pataphysics’... He defined ‘pataphysics’ as ‘the science of imaginary solutions, an exact science and a liberal art’. 1945 C. Connolly tr. A. Jarry Ubu Cocu in Horizon Dec. 376 Pataphysics is a branch of science which we have invented and for which a crying need is generally experienced. 1960 Evergreen Rev. May 131 'Pataphysics..is the science of that which is superinduced upon metaphysics... 'Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions. 1977 J. A. Cuddon Dict. Literary Terms (at cited word) Pataphysics are the metaphysics of nonsense and the absurd, and are anti-reason. 2002 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Sept. 14 Signed up for night classes in runic prophecy and Pataphysics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934
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