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Ontological

Onˊto-log′ic-al

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
ontologique
.]
Of or pertaining to ontology.

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ontological

ontological

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ontological (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, ontology.
    • 1948, W.v.O. Quine, On What There Is:
      A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word—‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true.

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