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causal ontology

causal ontology noun: language or other descriptive system which restricts that which can be described to that which can be.

Noun

causal ontology (plural causal ontologies)

  1. Language or other descriptive system which restricts that which can be described to that which can be.
    • If English were a causal ontology, you could not say or write 'I ate my house', because you cannot eat a house.

Forms of causal ontology

pluralcausal ontologies

Questions about causal ontology

What does causal ontology mean?
Causal ontology means language or other descriptive system which restricts that which can be described to that which can be.
What part of speech is causal ontology?
Causal ontology is a noun.
What is the plural of causal ontology?
The plural of causal ontology is causal ontologies.

Words near causal ontology in the dictionary

  1. causal loop
  2. causal loop paradox
  3. causal loop paradoxes
  4. causal loops
  5. causal ontologies
  6. causal ontology
  7. causal set
  8. causal sets
  9. causal verb
  10. causal verbs
  11. causal-final

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