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ontologist|ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪst|
[f. ontolog-y + -ist.]
One who studies or is versed in ontology; a metaphysician.
1727Bailey vol. II, Ontologist, one who treats of Beings in the Abstract. 1793Beddoes Math. Evid. 12 The ontologists have mistaken the humble posteriori for the high priori road. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl., Spir. Relig. (1854) 129 The difference between the notional One of the Ontologists, and the idea of the living God. 1856Mill Logic (ed. 4) I. i. iii. 65 Refutation of the Ontologists from their own premises and in their own language, which he [sc. Sir Wm. Hamilton] has furnished in the first paper of his Discussions. |