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meontology

meontology noun: the study or concept of nothingness or nonbeing; an attempt to cover what may remain outside of ontology.

Noun

meontology (uncountable)

  1. The study or concept of nothingness or nonbeing; an attempt to cover what may remain outside of ontology.
    • Meontology is literally the study of that which is not, of nonbeing (in Greek, to mē on).2004, Martin Kavka, Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, page 20

Origin of meontology

From Ancient Greek μή (mḗ, “non”) + ὄν (ón, “being”) + -logy.

Questions about meontology

What does meontology mean?
Meontology means the study or concept of nothingness or nonbeing; an attempt to cover what may remain outside of ontology.
What part of speech is meontology?
Meontology is a noun.

Words near meontology in the dictionary

  1. Meols Cop
  2. meon
  3. Meonian
  4. Meonstoke
  5. meontic
  6. meontology
  7. Meopham
  8. MEOs
  9. Meotian
  10. Meotians
  11. Meotis

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