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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He was a radical obsessed with both revolution and order, an incorrigible skeptic and an insightful metaphysician.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2019
But just when things get comfortable, in drops Jay Electronica, hip-hop metaphysician, with some confidently delivered and unusually phrased truisms: “Reality is kinda hard to face/Like actual facts is to flat-earthers.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
He describes himself as “a metaphysician disguised as a theoretical physicist.”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2018
But at his best Dick was a focused and penetrating metaphysician.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2017
Notwithstanding the persuasive rhetoric of that silken sophist Henri Bergson, a belated visionary metaphysician in a world of realities, the trend of latter-day thought is toward the veritable victories of science.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
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