Meanings
nounontologist (plural ontologists)
plural ontologists
- human sciencesA scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
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.
2008 August 12, Luca Moretti, “The ontological status of minimal entities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI
Origin
Translations
Catalan ontòleg, ontòloga
- ontòlegscholar or theorist of ontology
- ontòlogascholar or theorist of ontology
French ontologiste
- ontologistescholar or theorist of ontology
German Ontologe, Ontologin
- Ontologescholar or theorist of ontology
- Ontologinscholar or theorist of ontology
Italian ontologista
- ontologistascholar or theorist of ontology
Polish ontolog
- ontologscholar or theorist of ontology
Romanian ontolog, ontologist
- ontologscholar or theorist of ontology
- ontologistscholar or theorist of ontology
Spanish ontologista
- ontologistascholar or theorist of ontology
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ontologist
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APA
ontologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ontologist
MLA
“ontologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ontologist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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