ontological

/on-tl-oj-i-kuhl/US // ˌɒn tlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl //

本体论,本体论的,本体

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of or relating 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.

adj.pertaining to the nature of existence

Synonyms

The podcast’s namesake is inspired by the concept of ontological design—which is our capacity to actively play a role in shaping reality, being, and existence itself.
Beneath the talk is something more ontological—a picture of the racialized group as fundamentally lesser.
Corporate personhood is a legal fiction, not an ontological or soteriological fact.
If the famous ontological argument for the being of God has been refuted, we shall not, on that account, tremble for the ark.
In short, the theory shows why logical features have been made into ontological entities and into mental states.
The author asks himself what would be the proper method, the ontological or the psychological.
But this feat is far surpassed by his famous ontological proof of Theism.
Thus the argument from causation throws us back on the so-called ontological argument, whose futility has already been shown.

/on-tl-oj-i-kuhl/US // ˌɒn tlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl //

本体论,本体论的,本体

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of or relating 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.

adj.pertaining to the nature of existence

Synonyms

The podcast’s namesake is inspired by the concept of ontological design—which is our capacity to actively play a role in shaping reality, being, and existence itself.
Beneath the talk is something more ontological—a picture of the racialized group as fundamentally lesser.
Corporate personhood is a legal fiction, not an ontological or soteriological fact.
If the famous ontological argument for the being of God has been refuted, we shall not, on that account, tremble for the ark.
In short, the theory shows why logical features have been made into ontological entities and into mental states.
The author asks himself what would be the proper method, the ontological or the psychological.
But this feat is far surpassed by his famous ontological proof of Theism.
Thus the argument from causation throws us back on the so-called ontological argument, whose futility has already been shown.