Look up: metaphysical

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   metaphysical
   [adj] - pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics 2. [adj] - without material form or substance 3. [adj] - highly abstract and over-theoretical
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   Metaphysical
   Met`a·phys'ic·al adjective [ Confer French métaphysique . See Metaphysics .] 1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics. 2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning. 3. Preternatural or supernatural. [ Obsolete] « The golden round Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal.» Shak.
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   metaphysical
   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)< ...
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   metaphysical
   adjective highly abstract and overly theoretical; `metaphysical reasoning`
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   metaphysical
   adjective without material form or substance; `metaphysical forces`
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   metaphysical
   adjective pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; `metaphysical philosophy`
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   Metaphysical
   `Metaphysical` may refer to: *Metaphysics, a branch of philosophy dealing with the ultimate nature of reality *Metaphysical poets, a poetic school from seventeenth century England who correspond with baroque period in European literature *Pittura Metafisica, a style of painting invented by Giorgio De Chirico
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   Metaphysical
   • (a.) Preternatural or supernatural. • (a.) According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning. • (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
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   metaphysical
   metaphysical 1. Relating to the philosophical study of the nature of being and beings or a philosophical system resulting from such study. 2. Based on speculative reasoning and unexamined assumptions that have not been logically examined or confirmed by observation. 3. Extremely abstract or theoretical; abstruse; immaterial; incorporeal; supernatural.
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    metaphysical
    John Donne (1572-1631) and his imitators, including George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Abraham Cowley, Richard Crashaw, and Henry Vaughan, whose works are characterized (not exclusively) by colloquial diction, esoteric conceits, irony, and metrically irregular lines. Dryden first characterized Donne in this way.
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