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ontic

The English word “ontic” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Ontological.
  2. Pertaining to being, as opposed to pertaining to a theory of it (which would be ontological).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄν (ón, “being, existing, essence”) (stem ὄντ- (ónt-)) + -ic.

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