pre-ontological

is not being-ontological, but is rather being in such a way that one has an understanding of being.

Here 'Being-ontologicat' is not yet tantamount to 'developing an ontology'. So if we should reserve the term 'ontology' for that theoretical inquiry which is explicitly devoted to the meaning of entities, then what we have had in mind in speaking of Casein's 'Being-ontological' is to be designated as something 'pre-ontological'. It does not signify simply 'being-ontical', however, but rather' being in such a way that one has an understanding of Being'*. (B&T : 32)

pre ontological, n.Definitions

pre ontological