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Definition of: ontology
(on·tol′ə·jē) noun
The science of real being; the philosophical theory of reality; the doctrine of the universal and necessary characteristics of all existence. Compare METAPHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY. [<NL ontologia <Gk. ōn, ontos being + -logia <logos word, study]
—on·tol′o·gist noun
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