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ontologists

ontologists is the plural of ontologist.

Meaning of ontologist

Noun

ontologist (plural ontologists)

  1. A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
    • On the other hand, nominalists and parsimonious ontologists who do not believe in the existence of properties, facts and abstract entities do stick to these colloquial usages of ‘property’ and ‘fact’ grounded in principles as platitudinous as [i]–[iii] without apparent problems.2008 August 12, Luca Moretti, “The ontological status of minimal entities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI

Questions about ontologists

What is ontologists the plural of?
Ontologists is the plural of ontologist.

Words near ontologists in the dictionary

  1. ontologising
  2. ontologism
  3. ontologisms
  4. ontologist
  5. ontologistic
  6. ontologists
  7. ontologization
  8. ontologizations
  9. ontologize
  10. ontologized
  11. ontologizes

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