metempirics

[ met-em-pir-iks ]

/ ˌmɛt ɛmˈpɪr ɪks /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

the philosophy dealing with the existence of things outside, or beyond, experience.

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Also met·em·pir·i·cism

[met-em-pir-i-siz-uhm] /ˌmɛt ɛmˈpɪr ɪˌsɪz əm/ .

Origin of metempirics

metempir(ical) + -ics; coined by G. H. Lewes in 1874

OTHER WORDS FROM metempirics

met·em·pir·i·cist, noun

Words nearby metempirics

Metcalfe's law, Metchnikoff, mete, metecdysis, metempirical, metempirics, metempsychosis, metencephalon, Met enkephalin, meteor, Meteor Deep

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How to use metempirics in a sentence

What matter, form, spirit are 521 in themselves is a futile question that belongs to the sterile region of “metempirics.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for metempirics

metempirics

/ (ˌmɛtɛmˈpɪrɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of philosophy that deals with things existing beyond the realm of experience

Derived forms of metempirics

metempiricist, noun

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