ontic en · ADJ
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄν (ón, “being, existing, essence”) (stem ὄντ- (ónt-)) + -ic.
Meanings
- Ontological.
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Pertaining to being, as opposed to pertaining to a theory of it (which would be ontological).
My descriptions are ontical—addressing the world we inhabit, the what and where and how and why of objects therein; my questions are not ontological in the sense of struggling (vainly) to answer the question of the being of things tout court.
2015, Bill Brown, Other Things, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ontic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ontic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
ontology · ontological · ontologist
Translations (9)
no ontisk (pertaining to being) · ca òntic (pertaining to being) · oc ontic (pertaining to being) · pt ôntico (pertaining to being) · ru онти́ческий (pertaining to being) · es óntico (pertaining to being) · fr ontique (pertaining to being) · af onties (pertaining to being) · de ontisch (pertaining to being)