ontologicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌɒntəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌɑn(t)əˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: ontologic adj., -al suffix¹; Latin ontologia , -ical suffix.

Etymology: Either < ontologic adj. + -al suffix¹ (compare -ical suffix), or < post-classical Latin ontologia ontology n. + -ical suffix (compare -logical comb. form).

1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of ontology; metaphysical; (Theology) ontological argument n. the argument that God, being defined as the most great or perfect being, must exist, since a God who exists is greater than a God who does not.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [adjective]

ontologic1695

ontological1705

ontologizing1878

1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits xi. 340 It being an Ontological Maxim of most evident Truth, that nothing springs from nothing.

1779 V. Knox Ess. II. xvi. 173 Perplexing himself with ontological enquiries into the nature of angels.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. v. 96 Any ontological or metaphysical science not contained in such..psychology was but a web of abstractions.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §1. 255 I am is the indubitable of my ontological consciousness.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xv. 552 The ontological argument for the being of God.

1915 L. M. Bristol Social Adaption vii. 149 The individual personality has some kind or degree of ontological reality not possessed by any group.

1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be (1969) i. 23 The Stoic courage is, in the ontological as well as the moral sense, ‘courage to be’.

1987 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 38 516 The critical theory of the Frankfurt School tended to rely on ontological justifications.

2. Pathology. Designating a theory that disease exists as an entity within the body. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 5 This conception, according to which disease was a particular entity which lodged in the body, was called ontological.

1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Feb. 9/4 The new rulers promoted ‘ontological’ medicine, assuring the triumph of the view that the same symptoms in different people can be treated by the same remedies.

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

单词	ontological
释义	ontologicaladj. Brit. /ˌɒntəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɑn(t)əˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: ontologic adj., -al suffix¹; Latin ontologia , -ical suffix. Etymology: Either < ontologic adj. + -al suffix¹ (compare -ical suffix), or < post-classical Latin ontologia ontology n. + -ical suffix (compare -logical comb. form). 1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of ontology; metaphysical; (Theology) ontological argument n. the argument that God, being defined as the most great or perfect being, must exist, since a God who exists is greater than a God who does not. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [adjective] ontologic1695 ontological1705 ontologizing1878 1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits xi. 340 It being an Ontological Maxim of most evident Truth, that nothing springs from nothing. 1779 V. Knox Ess. II. xvi. 173 Perplexing himself with ontological enquiries into the nature of angels. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. v. 96 Any ontological or metaphysical science not contained in such..psychology was but a web of abstractions. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §1. 255 I am is the indubitable of my ontological consciousness. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xv. 552 The ontological argument for the being of God. 1915 L. M. Bristol Social Adaption vii. 149 The individual personality has some kind or degree of ontological reality not possessed by any group. 1952 P. Tillich Courage to Be (1969) i. 23 The Stoic courage is, in the ontological as well as the moral sense, ‘courage to be’. 1987 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 38 516 The critical theory of the Frankfurt School tended to rely on ontological justifications. 2. Pathology. Designating a theory that disease exists as an entity within the body. Now historical. ΚΠ 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 5 This conception, according to which disease was a particular entity which lodged in the body, was called ontological. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Feb. 9/4 The new rulers promoted ‘ontological’ medicine, assuring the triumph of the view that the same symptoms in different people can be treated by the same remedies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1705
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