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ontological argument

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
on-to-log-i-cal ar-gu-ment
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of argument which maintains that the existence of God can be deduced from an analysis of the concept of God.

Inflected Forms

ontological arguments (plural)

Phrases

cosmological argument teleological argument

Frequently Paired Words

cosmological argument teleological argument

Synonyms

ontological proof

Questions

What does ontological argument mean?
A type of argument which maintains that the existence of God can be deduced from an analysis of the concept of God.

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