ontographyn.

Brit.

/ɒnˈtɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ɑnˈtɑɡrəfi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: onto- comb. form, -graphy comb. form.

Etymology: < onto- comb. form + -graphy comb. form.

†1. The description or characterization of things as they are. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) The describing and characterizing of things: ontography.

2. Geography. A description of, or the branch of knowledge which deals with, the human response to the natural environment. Cf. physiography n.Chiefly with reference to the work of W. M. Davies: see quot. 1902.

ΚΠ

1902 W. M. Davis in Science 15 Aug. 266/2 The facts of inorganic environment on the one hand (physiography) and of environed organisms on the other (ontography)..constitute..the subject matter of geography proper.

1941 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 1 ii/iii. 102 Aside from the ontography a monistic psychology of the arts must have as a second part, a study of the Psychological Structure of the experience of creative and receptive expressions in the arts.

1983 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 73 326/1 Ontography as anthropogeography was widely publicized by Davis and his students.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ontography
释义	ontographyn. Brit. /ɒnˈtɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ɑnˈtɑɡrəfi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: onto- comb. form, -graphy comb. form. Etymology: < onto- comb. form + -graphy comb. form. †1. The description or characterization of things as they are. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) The describing and characterizing of things: ontography. 2. Geography. A description of, or the branch of knowledge which deals with, the human response to the natural environment. Cf. physiography n.Chiefly with reference to the work of W. M. Davies: see quot. 1902. ΚΠ 1902 W. M. Davis in Science 15 Aug. 266/2 The facts of inorganic environment on the one hand (physiography) and of environed organisms on the other (ontography)..constitute..the subject matter of geography proper. 1941 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 1 ii/iii. 102 Aside from the ontography a monistic psychology of the arts must have as a second part, a study of the Psychological Structure of the experience of creative and receptive expressions in the arts. 1983 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 73 326/1 Ontography as anthropogeography was widely publicized by Davis and his students. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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