OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1261

ontology

/ɒnˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ontología
The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.
[Martin] Heidegger's concern […] was with ontology, the nature of beings, above all humans. The central question for him was "What is being? What is it for something to be?" He tac…
ontología
A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.
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