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extrametaphysical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɛk.stɹəˌmɛt.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
  • /ˌek.stɹəˌmet.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/ (Australia)
  • ĕk′strə-mĕt′ə-fĭz′ĭ-kəl
  • /ˌek.sʈɾaˌmeʈ.aˈfiz.i.kal/ (India)
  • /ˌek.stɹəˌmet.əˈfəz.ə.kəl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From extra- + metaphysical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Outside of metaphysics.
    • 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:
    • 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:
    • Always working within metaphysics, Derrida is nonetheless committed to think the impossible, the extrametaphysical thought. 2014, Guy Collins, Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty:

Translations (1)

pl pozametafizyczny (outside of metaphysics)