Synonyms for ontology


Grammar : Noun
Spell : on-tol-uh-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi

Top 10 synonyms for ontology Other synonyms for the word ontology

Définition of ontology

Origin :
  • "metaphysical science or study of being," 1660s (Gideon Harvey), from Modern Latin ontologia (c.1600), from onto- + -logy.
  • As in philosophy : noun principles, knowledge
Example sentences :
  • Eudæmonics, as an art, corresponds to the science 'ontology.'
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • Between the ontology of Parmenides and that of Hegel what a step there is!
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • Ontology is the most comprehensive among all the objective sciences.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • This is the statement of the Maxim as a formula of Ontology.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist.
  • Extract from : « Putnam's Word Book » by Louis A. Flemming
  • In most of the other sutras the burden of thought is ontology.
  • Extract from : « The Religions of Japan » by William Elliot Griffis
  • Apart from Ontology, Parmenides reckons all as belonging to human opinions.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4) » by George Grote
  • Materialism is for him a variety of ontology, involving the assumption that we know the essence of matter.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • Be positive scientists, if you please; but ontology has no place in positive science, so leave it alone.
  • Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
  • They become in practice Psychology, Ontology and Eclecticism in history.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 » by Various
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