ontology
noun
the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
ontologist
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a word derived from
ontology.
Example Sentences
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She is here an ontologist, and she is convinced that feeling is a direct witness of the deeper knowledge and reality which man seeks in religion.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
"Ay, keep moving is my motto; but speaking of hard students, did my lord ever hear of Midni the ontologist and entomologist?"
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
