Definitions
the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
Word origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin ontologia (1606, Ogdoas Scholastica, by Jacob Lorhard (Lorhardus)), from Ancient Greek ὤν, ὄντος (ṓn, óntos, “being”), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “being, existing, essence”) + λόγος (lógos, “account”). By surface analysis, onto- + -logy.
Used in a sentence
“Meronym: taxonomy”
“Research centered on ontology and security argues that the far-right utilizes cultural anxieties to recruit members of dominant cultures within a society who feel left behind in some way.”
“The answer to the controversial question of whether Aristotle's ontology includes non-substantial particulars, then, is that it does.”
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