pataphysics

pataphysics
pataphysics [pa΄tə fiz′iks]
n.
the study of a realm beyond that of metaphysics: a notion devised by French absurdist writers as a parody of modern science
pataphysical
adj.
pataphysician
n.

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pa·ta·phys·ics (pä'tə-fĭzʹĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb)
The French absurdist concept of a philosophy or science dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics, intended as a parody of the methods and theories of modern science and often expressed in nonsensical language.
  [French pataphysique, alteration of Greek ta epi ta metaphusika, the (works) after the metaphysics (pseudo-title of a work by Aristotle modeled on ta meta ta phusika, the (works) after the Physics, Aristotle's Metaphysics): epi, after; see epi- + metaphusika, metaphysics; see metaphysics.]   pa'ta·physʹi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

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