transempirical

adjective

trans·​empirical

¦tran(t)s,

-raan-,

-nz+

: being beyond experience : transcendent

positivism had as its basic motivation the elimination of transempirical metaphysics

—E. C. Moore

Word History

Etymology

trans- + empirical

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