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ontology

/ɒnˈtɒlədʒi/noun

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सत्तामीमांसा, तत्त्वमीमांसा (अस्तित्व का दर्शन)

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noun
  1. 1

    [U] technical

    a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence and of what things really exist

    सत्तामीमांसा, तत्त्वमीमांसा (अस्तित्व का दर्शन)

    • Questions about whether numbers really exist belong to ontology.
    • The course covers ethics, logic and ontology.

    Synonyms metaphysics

  2. 2

    [C] technical

    a set of ideas and categories in a particular subject area that shows how they are related to each other

    (किसी विषय की) अवधारणा-संरचना, संकल्पनाओं का वर्गीकरण

    • Researchers built an ontology of medical terms for the hospital database.
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ontological adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

metaphysics

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Do not confuse ontology (the study of what exists) and epistemology (the study of how we know things).

Ontology (किस चीज़ का अस्तित्व है, इसका अध्ययन) और epistemology (हम चीज़ों को कैसे जानते हैं, इसका अध्ययन) में भ्रम न करें।