ontologizev.
/ɒnˈtɒlədʒʌɪz/, U.S. /ɑnˈtɑləˌdʒaɪz/ 1. intransitive. To apply or deal with ontology.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > apply ontology [verb (intransitive)]
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1849 R. Montgomery & J. Hennen tr. K. I. Nitzsch Syst. Christian Doctr. §65. 147 Whoever constructs a dogma which does not assert what God is..will afterwards endeavour to recover what has been neglected in the conceptions of his attributes, and thus ontologise in the wrong place.
1903 Philos. Rev. 12 20 Metaphysics deals with types.., and its task is not to ontologize, but rather to discover those universal aspects or types which things in their likenesses and differences display.
1959 Jrnl. Philos. 56 393 Ontologizing is not out for..philosophers who ontologize shamelessly.
1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 June 4/1 Socrates..resolutely refused to ontologize at all.
2. transitive. To treat ontologically.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [verb (transitive)] > make into or regard as self-existent
hypostasize1809
hypostatize1829
ontologize1865
other1936
1865 Athenæum No. 1992. 922/1 We are expected to ontologize existence.
1920 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 17 668 Hume's whole philosophy, which aimed..to oppose the curious current attempt to ontologize scientific concepts.
1955 Monumenta Nipponica 11 182 Matsumoto tries..to ontologize the various types of logic, including the dialectical.
1995 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 24 585 The tendency..has been to valorize and even ontologize ambiguity, often in a manner that brings Freud's doctrine of primary bisexuality to mind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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