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ontological shock

noun

Definitions

  1. The state of being forced to question one's worldview.

    • The discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence would trigger widespread ontological shock.
    • Abductees also experience what I have called 'ontological shock' as the reality of their encounters sinks in.
    • Magritte offers us ontological shock treatments to jar us out of our metaphysical slumbers, but proposes no satisfying alternative.

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