metaphysical

English

Alternative forms

• metaphysickal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English metaphisicalle, methafisical, from Medieval Latin metaphysicālis. By surface analysis, meta- +‎ physical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

metaphysical (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
2. Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics.
3. Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical.
   • 1995, Julius Evola, “Regality”, in Guido Stucco, transl., Revolt against the Modern World‎^[1], Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, translation of Rivolta contro il mondo moderno, →ISBN, page 8:

     The roots of authority, on the contrary, always had a metaphysical character.

   • 2025 November 2 (last accessed), “Let’s Get Real! Magritte and the Nature of Reality”, in baptistcenter.com‎^[2], archived from the original on 1 May 2006, page 5:

     Magritte offers us ontological shock treatments to jar us out of our metaphysical slumbers, but proposes no satisfying alternative.

Derived terms

• ametaphysical
• antimetaphysical
• antimetaphysicalism
• extrametaphysical
• hypermetaphysical
• metametaphysical
• metaphysicality
• metaphysically
• metaphysical naturalism
• metaphysicalness
• metaquotidian
• nonmetaphysical
• postmetaphysical
• pseudometaphysical
• unmetaphysical

Translations

of or pertaining to metaphysics

• Arabic: مِيتَافِيزِيقِيّ (mītāfīzīqiyy)
• Asturian: metafísicu
• Belarusian: метафізі́чны (mjetafizíčny)
• Bulgarian: метафизичен (bg) (metafizičen)
• Catalan: metafísic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 形而上的 (xíng'érshàng de)

• Czech: metafyzický
• Dutch: metafysisch (nl)
• Esperanto: metafizika
• Estonian: metafüüsiline
• Finnish: metafyysinen (fi)
• French: métaphysique (fr)
• Galician: metafísico (gl)
• German: metaphysisch (de)
• Hindi: तत्त्वमीमांसिक (tattvamīmānsik)
• Italian: metafisico (it)
• Latvian: metafizisks
• Occitan: metafisic (oc)
• Polish: metafizyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: metafísico (pt) m
• Russian: метафизи́ческий (ru) (metafizíčeskij)
• Spanish: metafísico (es)
• Swedish: metafysisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: метафізи́чний (metafizýčnyj)

being an adherent of metaphysics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 形而上的 (xíng'érshàng de)

• Finnish: metafyysinen (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

immaterial

• Bulgarian: нематериален (bg) (nematerialen)
• Catalan: metafísic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超物質的 / 超物质的 (chāo wùzhì de)

• Finnish: metafyysinen (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• transcendental