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ontological
[ on-tl-oj-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- of or relating to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical:
Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDzo·ٴ·Dzi· adjective
- ܲo·ٴ·Dzi· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ontological1
Example Sentences
Whatever Ramona wanted in the car, she’s experiencing ontological buyer’s remorse in the now.
The premise, and what’s done with it, paint “Laid” into a moral and ontological corner, which it addresses temporarily by literally opening a door.
Without diving into some kind of ontological rumination, I think we can agree that this isn’t really about “existence.”
Speakers also delved into the consciousness of primates, spiders and plants, the ontological status of virtual reality and dreams and the implications of dementia and other pathological states.
The epistemological and ontological nihilism of the closed cube argument frankly implodes upon itself.
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