ontology

1. (uncountable)The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.

   Ontologie

   онтоло́гияontológija

   онтоло́гіяontolóhija

   the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

2. (uncountable)In a subject view, or a world view, the set of conceptual or material things or classes of things that are recognised as existing, or are assumed to exist in context, and their interrelations; in a body of theory, the ontology comprises the domain of discourse, the things that are defined as existing, together with whatever emerges from their mutual implications.

   Meronym: taxonomy

3. (countable)The theory of a particular philosopher or school of thought concerning the fundamental types of entity in the universe.

4. (countable, uncountable)A logical system involving theory of classes, developed by Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886-1939).

5. (countable)A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.

   Ontologie

   онтоло́гияontológija

1. What's the difference between taxonomy and ontology?

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2. What is ontology and how is it used in technology?

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3. Ontology studies the way in which entities that exist are related.

   deDie Ontologie untersucht die Art der Beziehungen zwischen existierenden Entitäten. — Yorwba

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4. I read the article "The Return of the Animists: Recent Studies of Amazonian Ontologies."

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5. The religious may like the article "Glossolalia and Linguistic Alterity: The Ontology of Ineffable Speech."

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