Freq #96128
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nonontologicalontologicallypreontologicalunontological
Etymology
Formed from ontology + -ical. Ontology comes from New Latin ontologia, built from Greek on, genitive ontos ("being"), + -logia ("study, account"). Ontological therefore concerns what exists or the fundamental character of being, rather than how it is known.