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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or relating to Walter J. Ong (1912–2003), American Jesuit priest, professor of English literature, cultural and religious historian and philosopher, who explored how the transition from orality to literacy influenced culture and changed human consciousness.

Etymology

From Ong + -ian.

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