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METAPHYSICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The philosophical study of being and knowing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("metaphysics" is a kind of...):
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Domain member category:
hypostasis ((metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality)
entelechy ((Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metaphysics"):
ontology (the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence)
cosmology (the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe)
Derivation:
metaphysical (pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics)
