metaphysical

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adjective

1. Having no body, form, or substance: bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, uncorporal, unsubstantial. See body/spirit.
2. Of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world: extramundane, extrasensory, miraculous, preternatural, superhuman, supernatural, superphysical, supersensible, transcendental, unearthly. See supernatural.

adj

Definition: ideal
Antonyms: empirical

adj

Definition: not physical; without physical presence
Antonyms: concrete, material, objective, physical, real, solid, substantial

Of or relating to a group of 17th century poets whose verse was distinguished by an intellectual and philosophical style, with extended metaphors or conceits comparing very dissimilar things.

For a list of words related to metaphysical, see:

• Wise, Mature, or Experienced

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - metafysisk, umådelig dybsindig el. teoretisk
n. - metafysisk digter (litt.)

Nederlands (Dutch)
metafysisch, bovennatuurlijk, theoretisch, filosofisch, fantastisch, betreffende poëzie (m.n. filosofische poëzie uit de 17de eeuw), filosofische dichter uit de 17de eeuw

Français (French)
adj. - (Philos) métaphysique, abstrait
n. - métaphysique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - metaphysisch
n. - die metaphysischen Dichter

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μεταφυσικός

Italiano (Italian)
metafisico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - metafísico

Русский (Russian)
метафизический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - metafísico, relativo o perteneciente a la metafísica
n. - metafísico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - metafysisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
形而上学的, 抽象的, 纯粹哲学的, 玄学派诗人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 形而上學的, 抽象的, 純粹哲學的
n. - 玄學派詩人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 형이상학의, 매우 자세한, 어려운
n. - 형이상학파 문인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 形而上学の, 純正哲学的な, きわめて抽象的な, 超自然的な, 形而上派の, 難解な
n. - 形而上派詩人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فلسفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של מטפיסיקה, מטפיסי, תיאורטי לגמרי, מבוסס על חשיבה מופשטת, לא-חומרי, על-טבעי, דימיוני‬
n. - ‮ברבים: המשוררים המטפיסיים (באנגליה, במאה ה-71)‬

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