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jesuitic

ADJECTIVE
metaphysical
Synonyms
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abstract abstruse esoteric mystical philosophical spiritual supernatural theoretical
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bodiless deep difficult discarnate eternal fundamental high-flown ideal immaterial impalpable incorporeal insubstantial intangible intellectual nonmaterial nonphysical numinous oversubtle preternatural profound recondite superhuman superior supermundane suprahuman supramundane supranatural transcendental unearthly unfleshly universal unphysical unreal unsubstantial
Antonyms
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concrete factual obvious physical real
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material objective solid substantial

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You may imagine that I have made observations in plenty on the gout: yes, yes, I know its ways and its jesuitic evasions.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Horace Walpole

How his answers and explanations flow ready; jesuitic, plausible to the ear!

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

Last and greatest, see, for one moment, the Abbe Maury; with his jesuitic eyes, his impassive brass face, 'image of all the cardinal sins.'

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

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