pataphysics
PHILOSOPHY OR PSEUDOPHILOSOPHY DEDICATED TO STUDYING WHAT LIES BEYOND THE REALM OF METAPHYSICS
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[?pat?'f?z?ks]
¦ plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] a supposed branch of philosophy concerned with an imaginary realm additional to metaphysics.
Derivatives
pataphysical adjective
Origin
1940s: from Gk ta epi ta metaphusika, lit. 'the (works) imposed on the metaphysics', introduced by the French absurdist writer Alfred Jarry.