pataphysics


pa·ta·phys·ics

P0106400 (pä′tə-fĭz′ĭks)n. (used with a sing. verb) The French absurdist concept of a philosophy or science dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics, intended as a parody of the methods and theories of modern science and often expressed in nonsensical language.
[French pataphysique, alteration of Greek ta epi ta metaphusika, the (works) after the metaphysics (pseudo-title of a work by Aristotle modeled on ta meta ta phusika, the (works) after the Physics, Aristotle's Metaphysics) : epi, after; see epi- + metaphusika, metaphysics; see metaphysics.]
pa′ta·phys′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

pataphysics

(ˈpætəˌfɪzɪks) n (General Physics) the study of what lies beyond metaphysics; the philosophy of the absurd
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