mereological

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Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.

   Join is a mereological relation which can be interpreted as union set-theoretically.

Similar words

essentialism property-theoretic philosophylike epistemological methodic descriptionist genarian philosophicolegal axiological holistic

Often followed by

sum sums essentialism relations structure composition fusion relation supervenience approach