"metaphysical" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From Middle English metaphisicalle, methafisical, from Medieval Latin metaphysicālis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|metaphisicalle}} Middle English metaphisicalle, {{m|enm|methafisical}} methafisical, {{der|en|ML.|metaphysicālis}} Medieval Latin metaphysicālis Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} metaphysical (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or pertaining to metaphysics): مِيتَافِيزِيقِيّ (mītāfīzīqiyy) (Arabic), metafísicu (Asturian), метафізі́чны (mjetafizíčny) (Belarusian), метафизичен (metafizičen) (Bulgarian), metafísic (Catalan), 形而上 (xíng'érshàng) (Chinese Mandarin), metafyzický (Czech), metafysisch (Dutch), metafüüsiline (Estonian), metafyysinen (Finnish), métaphysique (French), metafísico (Galician), metaphysisch (German), तत्त्वमीमांसिक (tattvamīmānsik) (Hindi), metafisico (Italian), metafizisks (Latvian), metafisic (Occitan), metafizyczny (Polish), metafísico [masculine] (Portuguese), метафизи́ческий (metafizíčeskij) (Russian), metafísico (Spanish), metafysisk (Swedish), метафізи́чний (metafizýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-metaphysical-en-adj-~JsJJIrB Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to metaphysics': 91 8 1
  2. Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (being an adherent of metaphysics): 形而上 (xíng'érshàng) (Chinese Mandarin), metafyysinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-metaphysical-en-adj-xKbWIs1Z Disambiguation of Philosophy: 17 81 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 44 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 69 20 Disambiguation of 'being an adherent of metaphysics': 23 74 3
  3. Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical. Tags: not-comparable Translations (immaterial): нематериален (nematerialen) (Bulgarian), metafísic (Catalan), metafyysinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-metaphysical-en-adj-XEhmoCzL Disambiguation of 'immaterial': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: metaphysickal [obsolete] Derived forms: ametaphysical, antimetaphysical, antimetaphysicalism, metametaphysical, metaphysicality, metaphysically, metaphysical naturalism, nonmetaphysical, postmetaphysical, unmetaphysical Related terms: transcendental

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