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metaphysical

[ met-uh-fiz-i-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  2. Philosophy.
    1. concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth.
    2. concerned with first principles and ultimate grounds, as being, time, or substance.
  3. highly abstract, subtle, or abstruse.
  4. designating or pertaining to the poetry of an early group of 17th-century English poets, notably John Donne, whose characteristic style is highly intellectual and philosophical and features intensive use of ingenious conceits and turns of wit.
  5. Archaic. imaginary or fanciful.


Metaphysical

1

/ 藢尘蓻迟蓹藞蹿瑟锄瑟办蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. denoting or relating to certain 17th-century poets who combined intense feeling with ingenious thought and often used elaborate imagery and conceits. Notable among them were Donne, Herbert, and Marvell
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a poet of this group
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

metaphysical

2

/ 藢尘蓻迟蓹藞蹿瑟锄瑟办蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. relating to or concerned with metaphysics
  2. (of a statement or theory) having the form of an empirical hypothesis, but in fact immune from empirical testing and therefore (in the view of the logical positivists) literally meaningless
  3. (popularly) abstract, abstruse, or unduly theoretical
  4. incorporeal; supernatural
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢尘别迟补藞辫丑测蝉颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of metaphysical1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English metaphisicalle, from Medieval Latin 尘别迟补辫丑测蝉颈肠腻濒颈蝉; equivalent to metaphysic + -al 1
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鈥淔urlough鈥檚 Paradise鈥 is a small play that expands outward to the social and metaphysical worlds, not unlike McCraney鈥檚 鈥淭he Brothers Size,鈥 a palpable influence.

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Beckett reminds us of the metaphysical vastness that the stage can contain.

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Yet the stark metaphysical truths of these plays are inseparable from their brutal South African context.

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鈥淚 didn鈥檛 even blink. ... It鈥檚 almost metaphysical to describe. I was so locked in. I was so fifth-dimension.鈥

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His own rendition, like so many of his films, is verdant and meditative, a vampire movie to lose oneself in, or at least to bathe in as you contemplate the story鈥檚 metaphysical layers.

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