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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024on•tol•o•gy /ɑnˈtɑlədʒi/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the branch of metaphysics that studies the question of what it means to exist.
on•to•log•i•cal /ˌɑntəlˈɑdʒɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024on•tol•o•gy (on tol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n. - Philosophythe branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
- Philosophy(loosely) metaphysics.
- Neo-Latin ontologia. See onto-, -logy
- 1715–25;
on•to•log•i•cal (on′tl oj′i kəl),USA pronunciation on′to•log′ic, on•tol•o•gis•tic (on tol′ə jis′tik),USA pronunciation adj. on•tol′o•gist, n. |