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metempirical

or met·em·pir·ic

[ or met-em-pir-i-kuh l or met-em-pir-ik]
adjective
  1. beyond or outside the field of experience.
  2. of or relating to metempirics.
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Origin of metempirical

First recorded in 1874; met- + empirical
Related formsmet·em·pir·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for metempirical

Historical Examples

  • It is a "metempirical," or rather mythical, cause interpolated into the processes of experience.

    On the Ethics of Naturalism

    William Ritchie Sorley

British Dictionary definitions for metempirical

metempirical

metempiric

adjective
  1. beyond the realm of experience
  2. of or relating to metempirics
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Derived Formsmetempirically, adverb
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