antimetaphysics means the belief that spiritual and religious metaphysics is a delusion and pursuing it impedes the advancement of knowledge. It carries an Arena rating of 1343, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, antimetaphysics ranks #233 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #1,597 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #4,456 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #5,150 of 17,131 for Scariest Words.
Why “antimetaphysics” is a great word
The belief that spiritual and religious metaphysics is a delusion and that its pursuit actively hinders the advancement of knowledge. From the prefix anti- ("against, opposed to") + metaphysics (from Greek meta ta physika, "after the things of nature"). Unlike empiricism, which finds truth in sensory experience but may still accommodate some metaphysical frameworks, or skepticism, which questions all claims with a methodical doubt, antimetaphysics is a targeted, hostile rejection. It is the cold clarity of a lab bench stripped of icons, the dismantling of a cathedral's spire to examine the plain stone beneath, and the deliberate silencing of a choir to hear only the wind—a conviction that the greatest obstacle to truth is the comfort of an answer sung in the dark.
Etymology
From anti- + metaphysics.
noun
- The belief that spiritual and religious metaphysics is a delusion and pursuing it impedes the advancement of knowledge.e.g.“Antimetaphysics is basically a Machian heritage.” — 1999, Maria Carla Galavotti, Alessandro Pagnini, Experience, Reality, and Scientific Explanation, →ISBN:
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