extrametaphysical

adj

extrametaphysical

adj

CA, US, UK, SC /ˌɛk.stɹəˌmɛt.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/ · AU /ˌek.stɹəˌmet.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/

Etymology From extra- + metaphysical.

1

Rare Outside of metaphysics.

  • 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:
1 more example
  • 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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