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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•phys•ics /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable* used with a singular verb]- Philosophythe branch of philosophy that deals with questions of knowledge and the existence of the world:Metaphysics was influenced greatly by Einstein's theories.
See -phys-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•phys•ics (met′ə fiz′iks),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.) - Philosophythe branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology.
- Philosophyphilosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches.
- Philosophythe underlying theoretical principles of a subject or field of inquiry.
- Philosophy(cap., italics) a treatise (4th century b.c.) by Aristotle, dealing with first principles, the relation of universals to particulars, and the teleological doctrine of causation.
- Medieval Greek (tà) metaphysiká (neuter plural), Greek tà metà tà physiká the (works) after the Physics; with reference to the arrangement of Aristotle's writings
- Medieval Latin metaphysica
- 1560–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: metaphysics /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks/ n (functioning as singular)- the branch of philosophy that deals with first principles, esp of being and knowing
- the philosophical study of the nature of reality, concerned with such questions as the existence of God, the external world, etc
- (popularly) abstract or subtle discussion or reasoning
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin, from Greek ta meta ta phusika the things after the physics, from the arrangement of the subjects treated in the works of Aristotlemetaphysician /ˌmɛtəfɪˈzɪʃən/, metaphysicist /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪsɪst/ n |