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Etymology
From Latin metaphysica, from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσική (metaphusikḗ), from the title of the collection by Aristotle μετὰ τὰ φυσικά (metà tà phusiká), a collection that comes after (μετά (metá)) Aristotle's collection entitled τὰ φυσικά (tà phusiká), from φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”). By surface analysis, meta- + fysica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmeː.taːˈfi.zi.kaː/
- Hyphenation: me‧ta‧fy‧si‧ca
Noun
metafysica f (uncountable)
- metaphysics
- Synonym: bovennatuurkunde