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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(philosophy) A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics..
Thomas Aquinas was a notable metaphysician.
Professor Jones is an eminent metaphysician; she has produced more than one hundred refereed publications concerning metaphysics.
Now it so happened that Francis was Mrs. Clarke's favourite: whether from having seen the least of him, or from the great difference between them—two common causes of liking—or because she felt some sort of vanity in her near relationship to so very fine a gentleman, are points too curious to be decided by any but a metaphysician.
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In 1928 Heidegger succeeded Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.
Use metaphysician when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Metaphysician means (philosophy) A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics..
Common synonyms include metaphysicist.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thomas Aquinas was a notable metaphysician.
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