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ontologist

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on⋅tol⋅o⋅gy

  [on-tol-uh-jee]
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–noun
1. the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
2. (loosely) metaphysics.
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·tol·o·gy   (ŏn-tŏl'ə-jē)   
n.  The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being.
on·tol'o·gist n.
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