ontologist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English ontology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ontologist From ontology + -ist.
Meanings
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A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
On the other hand, nominalists and parsimonious ontologists who do not believe in the existence of properties, facts and abstract entities do stick to these colloquial usages of ‘property’ and ‘fact’ grounded in principles as platitudinous as [i]–[iii] without apparent problems.
2008 August 12, Luca Moretti, “The ontological status of minimal entities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| ontologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
ontology · ontological · ontologically
Translations (11)
ca ontòleg (scholar or theorist of ontology) · ro ontolog (scholar or theorist of ontology) · oc ontologista (scholar or theorist of ontology) · es ontologista (scholar or theorist of ontology) · de Ontologin (scholar or theorist of ontology) · ca ontòloga (scholar or theorist of ontology) · ro ontologist (scholar or theorist of ontology) · fr ontologiste (scholar or theorist of ontology) · pl ontolog (scholar or theorist of ontology) · it ontologista (scholar or theorist of ontology) · de Ontologe (scholar or theorist of ontology)