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		[ on-tl-oj -i-kuh l ] SHOW IPA 
/ ˌɒn tlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING 
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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.  
Sometimes on·to·log·ic,  on·tol·o·gis·tic  .
OTHER WORDS FROM ontological non·on·to·log·i·cal,  adjective un·on·to·log·i·cal,  adjective Words nearby ontological  onto, onto function, ontogenesis, ontogenetic, ontogeny, ontological , ontological argument, ontologism, ontologize, ontology, on top
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Example sentences from the Web for ontological Beneath the talk is something more ontological —a picture of the racialized group as fundamentally lesser.
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Corporate personhood is a legal fiction, not an ontological  or soteriological fact.
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He does not introduce his philosophy with a systematic discussion of the great epistemological and ontological  problems.
Rudolph Eucken | Abel J. Jones
Such dogmatism may take the form of materialism or of ontological  dualism, as well as of spiritualism.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp Smith
He therefore rejected as worthless the ontological  proof offered by Aquinas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 | Various
Simply that he has converted the scientific doctrine into an ontological  doctrine.
Social Rights And Duties | Leslie Stephen
At every point you meet the peremptorily declared volition of a divine being, or the ontological  property of a natural object.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) | John Morley
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Words related to ontological metaphysical, phenomenological, existential, philosophical, supernatural, transcendental