metaphysician
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of metaphysician
1425–75; late Middle English metaphisicien, probably < Middle French metaphysicien, equivalent to metaphysique metaphysic + -ien -ian
Example Sentences
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The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician One of the greatest magazine stories of the past generation, republished in .
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2012
He also intends to call in such notable consultants as Thomist Jacques Maritain and Yale Metaphysician Paul Weiss.
From Time Magazine Archive
Greatest contribution of Metaphysician Faraday was his concept that all physical phenomena are interrelated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Metaphysician, Cloudland.—Your article on the "Psychical Basis of Objective Existence" is excellent.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 by Various
The new Logician and Metaphysician will himself, indeed, make use of these same terms, with a hint to 'men of understanding,' perhaps, as to the sense in which he uses them.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia
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