'ontology' definitions:
Definition of 'ontology'
From: WordNet
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
noun
The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
Synonyms of 'ontology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthetics,
- axiology,
- casuistry,
- cosmology,
- epistemology,
- ethics,
- existentialism,
- first philosophy,
- gnosiology,
- logic,
- mental philosophy,
- metaphysics,
- moral philosophy,
- phenomenology,
- philosophastry,
- philosophic doctrine,
- philosophic system,
- philosophic theory,
- philosophical inquiry,
- philosophical speculation,
- philosophy,
- school of philosophy,
- school of thought,
- science of being,
- sophistry,
- theory of beauty,
- theory of knowledge,
- value theory