METAPHYSICIAN


Meaning of METAPHYSICIAN in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun

Etymology: probably from Middle French metaphysicien, from metaphysique metaphysics (from Medieval Latin metaphysica ) + -ien -an

: one who is versed in or advocates metaphysics

the metaphysician … is trying to provide for all possible classes of facts rather than to predict which will be actualized — Charles Hartshorne

every significant artist is a metaphysician , a propounder of beauty-truths and form-theories — Aldous Huxley

the metaphysician of history pretends that every scene is what it is by virtue of its role in the play as a whole — Kurt Riezler

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.