Meaning of ontonomy | Babel Free

Definitions

A philosophy of existence that emphasizes the harmonious coexistence of nonuniform entities.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The alternative has to be elaborated by fostering in an organic way the healthy tendency, noticeable everywhere, of increasing ontonomies, and working a network of multilateral — but not necessarily universal — relationships which allow for a fruitful coexistence.”

“Personal freedom means the recognition, one's own as well as others', of a person's ontonomy. The premise of ontonomy is that the ultimate structure of reality is harmonious, and that consequently the plenitude of one being stands in a relation with the perfection of the totality.”

“In the present world of globalisation, ontonomy is the most realistic approach to community co-existence. In ontonomy, unity is not confused with uniformity.”

“One can easily see how important it could be to teach the principles of ontonomy to our children, during the course of their primary or secondary education, so that as adults they would not have to be quite so clumsy at living as most of us are.”

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