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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to ontology.
- adjective Of or relating to essence or the nature of being.
- adjective Of or relating to the argument for the existence of God holding that the existence of the concept of God entails the existence of God.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to ontology; of the nature of ontology; metaphysical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to ontology.
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- adjective Of, or relating to,
ontology .
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- adjective of or relating to ontology
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Examples
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Because Down syndrome is determined at conception and leaves its imprint in every cell of the person's body, it raises what philosophers call ontological questions.
Jon Will's Aptitudes 2008
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Others still could be said to go a step further, basing their faith in ontological arguments for the a priori truth of God’s existence.
On Faith Hal Duncan 2008
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Others still could be said to go a step further, basing their faith in ontological arguments for the a priori truth of God’s existence.
Archive 2008-12-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Like the "Arab Spring", it is led by young people who have lost what sociologist Anthony Giddens calls "ontological security" -- the mental stability that depends on a sense of continuity of the world and the future.
John Stanley: Occupy The Climate Emergency: Buddhist Reflections On Inter-generational Justice John Stanley 2011
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We now know quite a bit about the human mind, how it constrains our imaginations by forcing information into boxes called ontological categories, and what kinds of cognitive errors (including projection) it is prone to.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: Why the Biblical God Is So Human (Part 1) 2010
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We now know quite a bit about the human mind, how it constrains our imaginations by forcing information into boxes called ontological categories, and what kinds of cognitive errors (including projection) it is prone to.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: Why the Biblical God Is So Human (Part 1) 2010
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We now know quite a bit about the human mind, how it constrains our imaginations by forcing information into boxes called ontological categories, and what kinds of cognitive errors (including projection) it is prone to.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: Why the Biblical God Is So Human (Part 1) 2010
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We now know quite a bit about the human mind, how it constrains our imaginations by forcing information into boxes called ontological categories, and what kinds of cognitive errors including projection it is prone to.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: Why the Biblical God Is So Human (Part 1) Valerie Tarico 2010
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Iago expresses his philosophy in what Harold Bloom has referred to as the ontological negation, "I am not what I am."
Robert David Jaffee: Human Nature, Not Mental Illness, Accounts for Fort Hood Shooting 2009
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Once we clear the mind of the idea of ontological blemishes, however, we can begin to look at things pragmatically.
nheiges commented on the word ontological
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"Given the ontological authority that the Post shares only with the New York Times. . ."
July 7, 2007