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metaphysical

[met-uh-fiz-i-kuhl] / ˌmɛt əˈfɪz ɪ kəl /


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Instead, they appeared in a different online enclave entirely: the New Age movement, which takes a more metaphysical approach to reality.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

There is something almost existential or metaphysical about what happens to them, as if someone hit the reset button on their entire personality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Dürrenmatt is more focused on moral than metaphysical questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Solstice,” where he shares writing credits with Patti Smith, possesses the same kind of metaphysical shimmer that’s often intrinsic to a Patti Smith composition.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

The categories of grammar reflect the building blocks of thought—time, space, causality, matter—and a philosophical wordsmith can play with them to awaken her readers to metaphysical conundrums.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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