'Metaphysical' definitions:
Definition of 'metaphysical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics; "metaphysical philosophy"
adjective
Without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"
adjective
Highly abstract and overly theoretical; "metaphysical reasoning"
Definition of 'Metaphysical'
From: GCIDE
- Metaphysical \Met`a*phys"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]taphysique. See Metaphysics.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics. [1913 Webster]
- 2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The golden round Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crowned withal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'metaphysical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anagogic,
- animist,
- animistic,
- atomistic,
- bodiless,
- cabalic,
- cabalistic,
- cosmotheistic,
- Cyrenaic,
- discarnate,
- eclectic,
- Eleatic,
- empirical,
- Epicurean,
- esoteric,
- eudaemonistic,
- existential,
- hedonic,
- hedonist,
- hedonistic,
- humanist,
- humanistic,
- idealistic,
- incorporeal,
- instrumentalist,
- insubstantial,
- materialistic,
- mechanistic,
- Megarian,
- metaphysic,
- monistic,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- naturalistic,
- nominalist,
- nonmaterial,
- nonphysical,
- numinous,
- occult,
- panlogistical,
- pantheistic,
- positivist,
- positivistic,
- pragmatic,
- pragmatist,
- preternatural,
- rationalistic,
- realist,
- realistic,
- scholastic,
- sensationalistic,
- spiritual,
- Stoic,
- superhuman,
- superior,
- supermundane,
- supernatural,
- supramundane,
- supranatural,
- syncretistic,
- theistic,
- theosophical,
- theosophist,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcendentalist,
- transcendentalistic,
- unearthly,
- unfleshly,
- unphysical,
- utilitarian,
- vitalistic,
- voluntarist,
- voluntaristic