ontonomous

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adjective

Pertaining to or characteristic of ontonomy; Involving the harmonious coexistence of disparate entities.

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adjectiveontonomous (comparative more ontonomous, superlative most ontonomous)

comparative more ontonomous · superlative most ontonomous

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of ontonomy; Involving the harmonious coexistence of disparate entities.

    Man is a person, a knot in a net of relationships, and not an autonomous individual. Man is an ontonomous being.

    1992, James Ogilvy, Revisioning Philosophy, →ISBN, page 242
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    Religious-cultural issues are part of that expanded view -- one that sees the relationship between politics and religion as ontonomous.

    2005, The Review of Policy Research - Volume 22, Issues 1-3, page 98

    The true Christian ontonomous attitude recognizes the internal hierarchy of values and discovers something very dear to the humanist position, but that humanism alone is incapable of fulfilling.

    2015, Raimon Panikkar, Milena Carrara Pavan, Christianity: Opera Omnia, Volume III, Part 1, The Christian Tradition, →ISBN

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