ontological

With spacetime, it's applied uncritically to a mathematical description of happenings -- turning a model into an ontological theory on the nature of being.

How much ontological truth were we capable of?

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.”