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metaphysics

Main Entry:: meta·phys·ics
Pronunciation:: \-ˈfi-ziks\
Function:: noun plural but singular in construction
Etymology:: Medieval Latin Metaphysica, title of Aristotle's treatise on the subject, from Greek (ta) meta (ta) physika, literally, the (works) after the physical (works); from its position in his collected works
Date:: 1569

1 a (1): a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology (2): ontology 2 b: abstract philosophical studies : a study of what is outside objective experience2: metaphysic 2

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