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单词 pataphysics
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Definition of pataphysics in English:

pataphysics

plural noun ˌpatəˈfɪzɪksˌpädəˈfiziks
  • usually treated as singular The branch of philosophy that deals with an imaginary realm additional to metaphysics.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So, the only respectable branch of physics in which the Bogdanov's operate appears to be, umm… pataphysics.
    • There were talks on physics, metaphysics, and pataphysics; readings of Jarry, Shakespeare, Beckett, Strindberg, Queneau, and Schwitters; performances of modern music and scientific film.
    • Those who feel that obvious displays of intellectual prowess involving references to archaeology, pataphysics and other arcana have no place on a rock record may have trouble with this sort of thing.
    • Yet it will delight anyone who craves some of Jarry's ole pataphysics.

Origin

1940s: from Greek ta epi ta metaphusika, literally 'the (works) imposed on the Metaphysics'. The concept was introduced by Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), French writer of the Absurd.

 
 

Definition of pataphysics in US English:

pataphysics

plural nounˌpädəˈfiziks
  • usually treated as singular The branch of philosophy that deals with an imaginary realm additional to metaphysics.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were talks on physics, metaphysics, and pataphysics; readings of Jarry, Shakespeare, Beckett, Strindberg, Queneau, and Schwitters; performances of modern music and scientific film.
    • Yet it will delight anyone who craves some of Jarry's ole pataphysics.
    • So, the only respectable branch of physics in which the Bogdanov's operate appears to be, umm… pataphysics.
    • Those who feel that obvious displays of intellectual prowess involving references to archaeology, pataphysics and other arcana have no place on a rock record may have trouble with this sort of thing.

Origin

1940s: from Greek ta epi ta metaphusika, literally ‘the (works) imposed on the Metaphysics’. The concept was introduced by Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), French writer of the Absurd.

 
 
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