Definition of "ontological" []

Of or relating to ontology. (adjective)
Of or relating to essence or the nature of being. (adjective)
Of or relating to the argument for the existence of God holding that the existence of the concept of God entails the existence of God. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ontological" in a sentence

"Because Down syndrome is determined at conception and leaves its imprint in every cell of the person's body, it raises what philosophers call ontological questions."
"Others still could be said to go a step further, basing their faith in ontological arguments for the a priori truth of God’s existence."
"Like the "Arab Spring", it is led by young people who have lost what sociologist Anthony Giddens calls "ontological security" -- the mental stability that depends on a sense of continuity of the world and the future."

Words like "ontological"

archaeological archeological astrological biological

biotechnological chronological dermatological ecological

epidemiological eschatological geological gynecological

ideological illogical ontological argument ontological shock