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metaphysical
[ met-uh-fiz-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- Philosophy.
- concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth.
- concerned with first principles and ultimate grounds, as being, time, or substance.
- highly abstract, subtle, or abstruse.
- 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.
- Archaic. imaginary or fanciful.
Metaphysical
1/ ˌɛəˈɪɪə /
adjective
- 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
noun
- a poet of this group
metaphysical
2/ ˌɛəˈɪɪə /
adjective
- relating to or concerned with metaphysics
- (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
- (popularly) abstract, abstruse, or unduly theoretical
- incorporeal; supernatural
Derived Forms
- ˌٲˈ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- a·i·· adverb
- t·a·i· adjective
- anti·a·i·· adverb
- p·a·i· adjective
- ԴDzm··i· adjective
- ԴDzm··i··ly adverb
- ܲȴ-a·i· adjective
- quasi-a·i·· adverb
- ܲm··i· adjective
- ܲm··i··ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of metaphysical1
Example Sentences
Beckett reminds us of the metaphysical vastness that the stage can contain.
Yet the stark metaphysical truths of these plays are inseparable from their brutal South African context.
“I didn’t even blink. ... It’s almost metaphysical to describe. I was so locked in. I was so fifth-dimension.”
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’s metaphysical layers.
It’s a sly note of social observation from Beckett on how inhumanity is transmitted in a play that is focused on our mutual dependence in a world without metaphysical foundation or solace.
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