1. Noun
That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
2. noun
The study of what exists and how kinds of things are organised.
The branch of philosophy concerned with existence and the kinds of things that are real.
3. Noun
(computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
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4. Noun
the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
Vocabulary classified under Philosophy
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