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metempirics

metempirics noun: the concepts and relations conceived as beyond, and yet related to, knowledge gained through experience.

Noun

metempirics (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The concepts and relations conceived as beyond, and yet related to, knowledge gained through experience.

Origin of metempirics

From met- + empirics. Coined by George Henry Lewes.

Questions about metempirics

What does metempirics mean?
Metempirics means the concepts and relations conceived as beyond, and yet related to, knowledge gained through experience.
What part of speech is metempirics?
Metempirics is a noun.

Words near metempirics in the dictionary

  1. metempirical
  2. metempirically
  3. metempiricism
  4. metempiricist
  5. metempiricists
  6. metempirics
  7. metempsychic
  8. metempsychosal
  9. metempsychose
  10. metempsychosed
  11. metempsychoses

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