extrametaphysical

ex·tra·met·a·phys·i·cal
Canada, US, UK, Scotland/ˌɛk.stɹəˌmɛt.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/Australia/ˌek.stɹəˌmet.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/New Zealand/ˌek.stɹəˌmet.əˈfəz.ə.kəl/India/ˌek.sʈɾaˌmeʈ.aˈfiz.i.kal/

adjective

Outside of metaphysics.

Scrabble 36

Meanings

adjectiveextrametaphysical (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareOutside of metaphysics.

    Always working within metaphysics, Derrida is nonetheless committed to think the impossible, the extrametaphysical thought.

    2014, Guy Collins, Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty
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    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.

    1861, The Church Monthly, Volumes 1-2, E.P. Dutton, page 10

    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.

    1953, Vasily Vasilyevich Zenkovsky, translated by George L. Kline, A Histor of Russian Philosophy. 2, New York: Columbia University Press, translation of original in Russian, page 834

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Translations

Polish pozametafizyczny
  • pozametafizycznyoutside of metaphysics

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