ontological
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With spacetime, it's applied uncritically to a mathematical description of happenings -- turning a model into an ontological theory on the nature of being.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Whatever Ramona wanted in the car, she’s experiencing ontological buyer’s remorse in the now.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
Without diving into some kind of ontological rumination, I think we can agree that this isn’t really about “existence.”
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
So much for the author's psychology—let us now proceed to the ontological part of the work.
From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich
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The Fault in Our Stars
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