metaphysical

adj

Etymology: From Middle English metaphisicalle, methafisical, from Medieval Latin metaphysicālis. By surface analysis, meta- + physical.

1. Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
2. Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics.
3. Immaterial, supersensual, beyond the physical.

   “The roots of authority, on the contrary, always had a metaphysical character.”

   “Magritte offers us ontological shock treatments to jar us out of our metaphysical slumbers, but proposes no satisfying alternative.”