ontology
on to luh jee
- n (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
- n the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
- Werner Erhard, personal problems aside, will someday be realized as an innovator and a genius in the field of ontology, the study of being.
- Existential anxiety implies ontology; it cannot be "caused.
- He uses the word ontology as naturally as other young men say "dude," but he's quite capable of vivid straight talk.