extrametaphysical

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Etymology edit

extra- +‎ metaphysical

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛkstɹəˈˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/

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extrametaphysical (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Outside of metaphysics.
    • 1861, The Church Monthly, Volumes 1-2[1], E.P. Dutton, page 10:
      To me that Arius, whose mind was acute and extrametaphysical, determined to resolve a question that cannot be explained, and, finding he could not, refused to hold it.
    • 1953, Vasily Vasilyevich Zenkovsky, translated by George L. Kline, A Histor of Russian Philosophy. 2[2], New York: Columbia University Press, translation of original in Russian, page 834:
      We must admit that Shpet’s ‘extrametaphysical’ position is closer to pure Husserlianism. Losev, however, supplements phenomenology with dialectic because he is a metaphysician prior to any ‘strict’ method.
    • 2014, Guy Collins, Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty:
      Always working within metaphysics, Derrida is nonetheless committed to think the impossible, the extrametaphysical thought.