metempirics

American

[met-em-pir-iks] / ˌmɛt ɛmˈpɪr ɪks /

Also metempiricism

noun

(used with a singular verb)

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

metempirics British

/ ˌmɛtɛmˈpɪrɪks /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

metempiricist noun

Etymology

Origin of metempirics

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

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