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causal ontology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Language or other descriptive system which restricts that which can be described to that which can be.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • If English were a causal ontology, you could not say or write 'I ate my house', because you cannot eat a house.

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