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Word of the Day – Ontology

  • Noun: OntologyKant_foto
    1. a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being
    2. a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence
  • Adjective:  Ontological

    1. of or relating to ontology
    2. relating to or based upon being or existence
  •  Synonyms:
    1.  existential
    2. metaphysical
    3. phenomenological
    4. philosophical
    5. supernatural
    6. transcendental
  • Usage:
  • “To be a European or American Jew has hardly been perceived as a contradiction, but to be an Arab Jew has been seen as a kind of logical paradox, even an ontological subversion.”

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