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metaontology

metaontology noun: the philosophical study of the nature of ontology as a whole.

Noun

metaontology (countable and uncountable, plural metaontologies)

  1. The philosophical study of the nature of ontology as a whole.
    • The metaontology debate has now migrated from discussions of composition.2008 April 1, Ross P. Cameron, “Truthmakers and ontological commitment: or how to deal with complex objects and mathematical ontology without getting into”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140...

Forms of metaontology

pluralmetaontologies
alternative formmeta-ontology

Origin of metaontology

From meta- + ontology.

Questions about metaontology

What does metaontology mean?
Metaontology means the philosophical study of the nature of ontology as a whole.
What part of speech is metaontology?
Metaontology is a noun.
What is the plural of metaontology?
The plural of metaontology is metaontologies.

Words near metaontology in the dictionary

  1. metaobjects
  2. metaoidioplasties
  3. metaoidioplasty
  4. metaontological
  5. metaontologies
  6. metaontology
  7. metaoperator
  8. metaoperators
  9. metaophiolite
  10. metaorder
  11. metaorders

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