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ontological

[on-tl-oj-i-kuhl]

on·to·log·i·cal

[on-tl-oj-i-kuhl]
adjective
of or pertaining to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.
Sometimes, on·to·log·ic, on·tol·o·gis·tic.

non·on·to·log·i·cal, adjective
un·on·to·log·i·cal, adjective
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ontology (ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ)
 
n
1.  philosophy the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being
2.  logic the set of entities presupposed by a theory
 
onto'logical
 
adj
 
onto'logically
 
adv

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