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• Ontological

  [on-tl-oj-i-kuh l] /ˌɒn tlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl/ adjective 1. of or relating to , the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights. adj. 1782, from ontology + -ical. Related: Ontologically

• Ontological-argument

  noun, Philosophy. 1. an a priori argument for the existence of God, asserting that as existence is a perfection, and as God is conceived of as the most perfect being, it follows that God must exist; originated by Anselm, later used by Duns Scotus, Descartes, and Leibniz. noun (philosophy) 1. the traditional a priori argument […]

• Ontologism

  [on-tol-uh-jiz-uh m] /ɒnˈtɒl əˌdʒɪz əm/ noun, Theology. 1. the doctrine that the human intellect has an immediate cognition of God as its proper object and the principle of all its cognitions.

• Ontologist

  [on-tol-uh-jee] /ɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi/ noun 1. the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such. 2. (loosely) . /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 n. “metaphysical science or study of being,” […]

• Ontologize

  [on-tol-uh-jahyz] /ɒnˈtɒl əˌdʒaɪz/ verb (used with object), ontologized, ontologizing. 1. to express in ontological terms; regard from an ontological viewpoint.

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