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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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But the ontological distinction was lost at the start: events don't exist, they happen.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

How much ontological truth were we capable of?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

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

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025

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

The modern spirit tends not so much to examine the ontological value of an opinion, as to investigate how men came to hold that opinion.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various



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