ontology
noun
on·tol·o·gy
än-ˈtä-lə-jē 
1
: a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being
Ontology deals with abstract entities.
2
: a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence
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Bleeding Edge thus marks Pynchon’s most overt confrontation with the collapse of ontology into information.
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Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
While current discourse on the future of photography often fixates on large language models and generative AI, the artists, curators, and conservator gathered here focus instead on the physical durability and ontology of the photograph itself.
—The Editors, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2025
Use Ontologies And Knowledge Graphs For Traceability Implementing an ontology ensures AI becomes more efficient and accurate, has fewer hallucinations, and comes with traceability.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The work in that book was surreal and stealthily philosophical—its opening poem was a fifteen-page meditation on the ontology of Popeye the Sailor Man—but impersonal.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
While current discourse on the future of photography often fixates on large language models and generative AI, the artists, curators, and conservator gathered here focus instead on the physical durability and ontology of the photograph itself.
—The Editors, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2025
Use Ontologies And Knowledge Graphs For Traceability Implementing an ontology ensures AI becomes more efficient and accurate, has fewer hallucinations, and comes with traceability.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The work in that book was surreal and stealthily philosophical—its opening poem was a fifteen-page meditation on the ontology of Popeye the Sailor Man—but impersonal.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Ontology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ontology. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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