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ontonomous

ontonomous adjective: pertaining to or characteristic of ontonomy; Involving the harmonious coexistence of disparate entities.

Adjective

ontonomous (comparative more ontonomous, superlative most ontonomous)

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of ontonomy; Involving the harmonious coexistence of disparate entities.
    • Man is a person, a knot in a net of relationships, and not an autonomous individual. Man is an ontonomous being.1992, James Ogilvy, Revisioning Philosophy, →ISBN, page 242
    • Religious-cultural issues are part of that expanded view -- one that sees the relationship between politics and religion as ontonomous.2005, The Review of Policy Research - Volume 22, Issues 1-3, page 98

Forms of ontonomous

comparativemore ontonomous
superlativemost ontonomous

Origin of ontonomous

From ontonomy + -ous.

Questions about ontonomous

What does ontonomous mean?
Ontonomous means pertaining to or characteristic of ontonomy; Involving the harmonious coexistence of disparate entities.
What part of speech is ontonomous?
Ontonomous is an adjective.

Words near ontonomous in the dictionary

  1. ontology alignment
  2. ontology engineering
  3. Ontonagon
  4. Ontonagon County
  5. ontonomies
  6. ontonomous
  7. ontonomy
  8. ontop
  9. ontopragmatic
  10. ONTOS
  11. ontosophy

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