How to pronounce metaphysics
American English pronunciation
met-uh-FIZ-iks
- IPA
- /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks/
- Syllables
- met · uh · FIZ · iks (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What metaphysics means
The study of what is real and what it means to exist
In a sentence: My big sister loves to talk about metaphysics, like whether time is real.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Greek name for some books by Aristotle that came after his books on nature. The name means after the natural world.
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