Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Chesterton's fence en · NOUN

Etymology

From a parable by G.K. Chesterton, suggesting that one should not remove a fence until one learns why it was erected in the first place.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:public policy, uncountable) The principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood.