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View synonyms for ontology

ontology

[ on-tol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
  2. (loosely) metaphysics.


ontology

/ ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. philosophy the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being
  2. logic the set of entities presupposed by a theory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌontoˈlogical, adjective
  • ˌontoˈlogically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • on·to·log·i·cal [on-tl-, oj, -i-k, uh, l], onto·logic on·tol·o·gis·tic [on-tol-, uh, -, jis, -tik], adjective
  • on·tolo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ontology1

From the New Latin word ontologia, dating back to 1715–25. See onto-, -logy
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Example Sentences

The presence of sector-specific data ontologies can make it hard for people outside the sector to benefit from new sources of data.

Legal personhood, ontology, and the nitty gritty of governance.

But on the relative plane, Zen is this-worldly and does not deny ethics, or ontology for that matter.

Materialism is for him a variety of ontology, involving the assumption that we know the essence of matter.

It is also distinguished from ontology, which investigates real existence or the theory of being.

Plato, therefore, took this vast stride of thought, and identified the ultimate notions of ethics and ontology.

It has only secondary forms of suggestion and support—the precarious evidence from special theorizing in ontology and metaphysics.

Ontology, now, is certainly not a fit subject for the consideration of the female mind.

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