pl. n.
[
usu. treated as sing.]
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being and knowing.
- informal abstract theory.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: representing med. L. metaphysica (neut. pl.), based on Gk ta meta ta phusika ‘the things after the Physics’, referring to the sequence of Aristotle's works.
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