metaphysician

[ met-uh-fuh-zish-uhn ]

/ ˌmɛt ə fəˈzɪʃ ən /

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noun

a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.

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Also met·a·phys·i·cist

[met-uh-fiz-uh-sist]. /ˌmɛt əˈfɪz ə sɪst/.

Origin of metaphysician

1425–75; late Middle English metaphisicien, probably <Middle French metaphysicien, equivalent to metaphysiquemetaphysic + -ien-ian

As a scholar and a critic, a metaphysician and a theologian, his name stands high among the first writers of the age.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It was in no placid temper, I say, that the metaphysician drew up his chair to its customary station by the hearth.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
I might here—if it so pleased me—dilate upon the matter of habiliment, and other mere circumstances of the external metaphysician.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
But the Christian Gospel is little disposed to waive its imperious claims from fear of the metaphysician or the sentimentalist.
The Hearth-Stone|Samuel Osgood

This is a problem that can no doubt embarrass the metaphysician, but not the transcendental philosopher.
The Aesthetical Essays|Friedrich Schiller