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ontological

[on-tl-oj-i-kuhl] / ˌɒn tlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the nature of existence
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AI understood as a being and bearer of rights, by contrast, is morally unacceptable and ontologically wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

How much ontological truth were we capable of?

From Los Angeles Times

Whatever Ramona wanted in the car, she’s experiencing ontological buyer’s remorse in the now.

From Salon

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