ontologist

English

Etymology

From ontology +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒɪst

Noun

ontologist (plural ontologists)

1. (philosophy) A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
   • 2008 August 12, Luca Moretti, “The ontological status of minimal entities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI:

     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.

Related terms

• ontological
• ontologically
• ontology

Translations

scholar or theorist of ontology

• French: ontologiste (fr) m or f
• German: Ontologe m, Ontologin f
• Italian: ontologista m or f
• Occitan: ontologista m or f
• Polish: ontolog m
• Romanian: ontolog (ro) m, ontologist (ro) m
• Spanish: ontologista m or f

Anagrams

• tonologist

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ontologiste.

Noun

ontologist m (plural ontologiști)

1. ontologist

Declension

Declension of ontologist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ontologist	ontologistul	(niște) ontologiști	ontologiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) ontologist	ontologistului	(unor) ontologiști	ontologiștilor
vocative	ontologistule		ontologiștilor