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Definition of Metaphysical
1. Adjective. Pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics. "Metaphysical philosophy"
2. Adjective. Without material form or substance. "Metaphysical forces"
3. Adjective. Highly abstract and overly theoretical. "Metaphysical reasoning"
Definition of Metaphysical
1. a. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
Definition of Metaphysical
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to metaphysics. ¹
2. Adjective. Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metaphysical
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Metaphysical
1. 1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics. 2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning. 3. Preternatural or supernatural. "The golden round Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal." (Shak) Origin: Cf. F. Metaphysique. See Metaphysics. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphysical
Literary usage of Metaphysical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The very term " metaphysical " has been quarrelled with, and not quite unjustly,
... We must not understand'• metaphysical" here in its strict philosophical ..."
2. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"metaphysical spirit which here present themselves. If the theological philosophy
is modified by the scientific spirit, this is done only through the ..."
3. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1896)
"It is to give briefly 'an account as well of the metaphysical basis as of the
... It is this effort, then, of Mr. D'Arcy to give the metaphysical 1A short ..."
4. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1897)
"metaphysical psychology generally values very little the empirical analysis and
causal synthesis of psychical processes. Regarding psychology as a part of ..."
5. The Works of George Berkeley by George Berkeley (1871)
"The Commonplace Book contains many references to Locke's Essay, as well as to
the metaphysical and other works of Dei Cartes, the first Book of the ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"That is to say, lie made psychological experience to be the basis of all metaphysical
truth, rejected scepticism, and judged all knowledge by the test of ..."
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