"ontic" meaning in English

See ontic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more ontic [comparative], most ontic [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄν (ón, “being, existing, essence”) (stem ὄντ- (ónt-)) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ὄν||being, existing, essence}} Ancient Greek ὄν (ón, “being, existing, essence”), {{suffix|en||ic}} + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} ontic (comparative more ontic, superlative most ontic)
  1. Ontological.
    Sense id: en-ontic-en-adj-MokU3H6o
  2. Pertaining to being, as opposed to pertaining to a theory of it (which would be ontological). Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-ontic-en-adj-15-tf4LB Disambiguation of Philosophy: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 0 100 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ontically Related terms: ontological, ontologist, ontology Translations (pertaining to being): onties (Afrikaans), ontique (French), ontisch (German), ontisk (Norwegian), ontic (Occitan), ôntico [masculine] (Portuguese), онти́ческий (ontíčeskij) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'pertaining to being': 0 0
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