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Definition of Metaphysician
1. n. One who is versed in metaphysics.
Definition of Metaphysician
1. Noun. (context: philosophy) A philosopher who has developed a metaphysical system or theory. ¹
2. Noun. (context: philosophy) A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metaphysician
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Medical Definition of Metaphysician
1. One who is versed in metaphysics. Origin: Cf. F. Metaphysicien. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphysician
Literary usage of Metaphysician
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brief Outline of an Analysis of the Human Intellect: Intended to Rectify the by James Rush (1865)
"The metaphysician, Fortune-teller, and the Speculator of every Kind. These are
here placed together; since they alike trade on the 'Credit system' of the ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"They both pass off at once and leave the audience to guess the word, which
is "metaphysician.8 CHARADRIUS, ka-rad'ri-us, the genus to which the plover ..."
3. Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind by Dugald Stewart (1827)
"The metaphysician. 1 HAD formerly occasion to mention the etymology of the word
Metaphysics, and the different acceptations in which it lias, at different ..."
4. Life and Letters of Horace Bushnell by Horace Bushnell, Mary A. Bushnell Cheney (1880)
"Letter to a metaphysician. — Published Articles, especially "Building Eras."—-The
Adirondacks. — Reminiscences by the Rev. Joseph H. Twichell. ..."
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