English Explanatory Dictionary

pataphysics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An absurdist philosophy or pseudoscience studying things "beyond" metaphysics.

Word forms

pataphysics 'pataphysics

Etymology

Borrowed from French pataphysique, where it was coined by author Alfred Jarry from a pun deriving from the Ancient Greek title of a work by Aristotle; see pataphysique for more.

Related words

pataphysician pataphysical
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