"metaphysics" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

associated with:
- hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
- entelechy - (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
is a type of: philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
subtypes:
- ontology - the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
- cosmology - the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe