metempirics

noun plural but singular in construction

met·​empirics

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: the study of concepts and relationships conceived as beyond and yet related to knowledge gained empirically

metempirics sweeps out of this region in search of the otherness of things

—G. H. Lewes

Word History

Etymology

plural of metempiric

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