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metafisico

metaphysical

adjective meh-tah-FEE-zee-koh Rare

Origin: from Greek meta (beyond) + physika (natural things)

Usage Note

Metafisico can describe both the academic branch of philosophy dealing with reality and existence, and a more colloquial sense of something abstract or otherworldly. In art history it specifically refers to pittura metafisica, the early 20th-century Italian movement associated with De Chirico.

Examples

"Il quadro ha un'atmosfera metafisica."

Natural Translation

The painting has a metaphysical atmosphere.

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