ontologize

American  

[on-tol-uh-jahyz] / ɒnˈtɒl əˌdʒaɪz /

especially British, ontologise

verb (used with object)

ontologized, ontologizing

1. to express in ontological terms; regard from an ontological viewpoint.

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Etymology

Origin of ontologize

First recorded in 1840–50; ontolog(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

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ontologized

The danger, Dewey says, is that the merely relative character of a given capacity may be overlooked, and that it may be ontologized into a fixed entity.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard

The ideal self, as that which capacity may realize, is ontologized into an already existent fact.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard