 ##  [Ontological Category](/index.php/ontological-category) 

  ##  [Ontological Category](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/ontological-category-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

A type-level classificatory unit within an ontology that individuates entities by reference to a set of constitutive properties or relations treated as essential in that ontology; it functions as a primitive grouping used to determine identity conditions, projectible predicates, and admissible inferences about members of the group.