on·tol·o·gy /ɑnˈtɑləʤi/
存在論
On·tol·o·gy n.
1. That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
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ontology
n : the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence