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  1. ontological shocknoun

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

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  1. ontological shock

    Ontological shock generally refers to a deep and unsettling feeling of cognitive dissonance or realization when one's fundamental understanding of reality, existence, or the nature of being is disrupted or challenged. It is the profound disorientation that occurs when one encounters a concept, experience, or idea that fundamentally contradicts their established beliefs, assumptions, or worldview. Ontological shock often leads to a period of reflection, reevaluation, and potentially a shift in one's fundamental understanding or perspective on life and existence.

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  1. ontological shock

    Ontological shock To change your thoughts and your views of everything that you believe in. To think In A complete different way of all things. What you have been taught is not the way it really is .

    You would be an ontological shock to the discovery And existence of extraterrestrial life on earth .


    Submitted by anonymous on May 5, 2019  

  2. ontological shock

    Spiritual Enlightenment.

    ontological shock is a natural process that occurs during the purification of the Soul.


    Submitted by anonymous on August 22, 2020  

  3. ontological shock

    Disruption of the homeostatic (homeostasis) equilibrium.


    Submitted by anonymous on September 11, 2021  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ontological shock in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ontological shock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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  • Gary Hardee
    Gary Hardee
    Does this "shock" include the discovery "big lies" that we have been fed most of our lives, from what we are made to believe are authoritative sources?
    For example: We are taught that even to think there might be a grand conspiracy to deprive the unaware of their inalienable rights makes one a paranoid "theorist" and all evidence to support such a "theory" dismissed by these same "sources". But when one's mind, previously programmed to dismiss such notions, reaches a watershed virdict, it is a shock! And it does change radically how one looks at the world, your worldview, and how one looks at both history and current events. And that's a major change that might qualify under this definition.
    But does it? 
    LikeReply 34 years ago

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