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Antonyms for metaphysical
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : met-uh-fiz-i-kuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛt əˈfɪz ɪ kəl |
Definition of metaphysical
Origin :- early 15c., "pertaining to metaphysics," from methaphesik (late 14c.) + -al, and in part from Medieval Latin metaphysicalis, from Medieval Latin metaphysica (see metaphysics). It came to be used in the sense of "abstract, speculative" (e.g. by Johnson, who applied it to certain 17c. poets, notably Donne and Cowley, who used "witty conceits" and abstruse imagery). Related: Metaphysically.
- adj not physical; without physical presence
- There are three evils: the metaphysical, the physical, and the moral.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
- I do not mean to say that they did this with any occult or metaphysical motives.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- These three stages are the Theological, the Metaphysical, and the Positive.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
- Nay, what does history yet record of the metaphysical annals of man?
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There are other indirect 375 benefits derived from metaphysical study.
- Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
- He was rather a great judge of metaphysical power than a metaphysician.
- Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
- The lesson which may be gathered from words is not metaphysical or moral, but historical.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- The study has passed from the metaphysical into an historical stage.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- What is the metaphysical being who prevents me from slaying myself?
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- I thought I had left this excellent man in a metaphysical bog.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various
Synonyms for metaphysical
- abstract
- abstruse
- bodiless
- deep
- difficult
- discarnate
- esoteric
- eternal
- fundamental
- high-flown
- ideal
- immaterial
- impalpable
- incorporeal
- insubstantial
- intangible
- intellectual
- jesuitic
- mystical
- nonmaterial
- nonphysical
- numinous
- oversubtle
- philosophical
- preternatural
- profound
- recondite
- spiritual
- superhuman
- superior
- supermundane
- supernatural
- suprahuman
- supramundane
- supranatural
- theoretical
- transcendental
- unearthly
- unfleshly
- universal
- unphysical
- unreal
- unsubstantial
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