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on⋅tol⋅o⋅gy

  [on-tol-uh-jee]
–noun
1. the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
2. (loosely) metaphysics.
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Origin:
1715–25; < NL ontologia. See onto-, -logy

Related forms:
on⋅to⋅log⋅i⋅cal  [on-tl-oj-i-kuhl] , on⋅to⋅log⋅ic, on⋅tol⋅o⋅gis⋅tic  [on-tol-uh-jis-tik] , adjective
on⋅tol⋅o⋅gist, noun
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on·to·log·i·cal   (ŏn'tə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to ontology.

  2. Of or relating to essence or the nature of being.

  3. Of or relating to the argument for the existence of God holding that the existence of the concept of God entails the existence of God.

on'to·log'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

ontology 
"metaphysical science or study of being," 1721, from Mod.L. ontologia (coined in Fr. by Jean le Clerc, 1692), from Gk. on (gen. ontos) "being" (prp. of einai "to be") + -logia "writing about, study of."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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