different between philosophical vs ontological

English

Alternative forms

• philosophicall (obsolete)
• phylosophical (nonstandard)
• phylosophicall (obsolete)

Etymology

From philosophy +? -ical, from Ancient Greek ????????? (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?l??s?f?kl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?l??s?f?kl?/
• Hyphenation: phi?lo?soph?i?cal

Adjective

philosophical (comparative more philosophical, superlative most philosophical)

1. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
2. Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
   • 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine,

     His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.

3. Detached, calm, stoic.
   • 1911, Hector Hugh Munro, "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"

     She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.

Synonyms

• philosophic

Antonyms

• nonphilosophical

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

ontology +? -ical

Adjective

ontological (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, ontology.
2. Of or pertaining to the nature of being or existence.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture 3:

     Such is the human ontological imagination, and such is the convincingness of what it brings to birth. Unpicturable beings are realized, and realized with an intensity almost like that of an hallucination.

Derived terms

• ontological argument
• ontological shock
• preontological

Related terms

• ontic

Translations

Anagrams

• tonological