ontology
noun
1 ontology
computer science A rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations.
Roget 1: existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.], subsistence. reality, actuality; positiveness etc. adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober reality; ... show more
Dutch: ontologie
2 ontology
The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence.
Dutch: ontologie
Moby thesaurus: aesthetics, axiology, casuistry, cosmology, epistemology, ethics, existentialism, first philosophy, gnosiology, logic, mental philosophy, metaphysics, moral philosophy, phenomenology, philosophastry, philosophic doctrine, philosophic system, philosophic theory, philosophical inquiry, philosophical speculation ... show more.
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