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existence
ex·is·tence E0276900 (ĭg-zĭs′təns)n.1. The fact or state of existing; being.2. The fact or state of continued being; life: our brief existence on Earth.3. a. All that exists: sang the beauty of all existence.b. A thing that exists; an entity.4. A mode or manner of existing: scratched out a meager existence.5. Specific presence; occurrence: The Geiger counter indicated the existence of radioactivity.Synonyms: existence, actuality, being
These nouns denote the fact or state of existing: laws in existence for centuries; an idea progressing from possibility to actuality; a nation that came into being after much turmoil.existence (ɪɡˈzɪstəns) n1. the fact or state of existing; being2. the continuance or maintenance of life; living, esp in adverse circumstances: a struggle for existence; she has a wretched existence. 3. something that exists; a being or entity4. everything that exists, esp that is livingex•ist•ence (ɪgˈzɪs təns)
n. 1. the state or fact of existing; being. 2. continuance in being or life; life: a struggle for existence. 3. mode of existing: They were working for a better existence. 4. all that exists. 5. something that exists; entity. [1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"being, beingnessstate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"timeless existence, timelessness, eternity - a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlifepreexistence - existing in a former state or previous to something elsecoexistence - existing peacefully togethersubsistence - the state of existing in reality; having substancepresence - the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon"life - the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"aliveness, animation, living, life - the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"life - a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"transcendence, transcendency - a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experiencepossibleness, possibility - capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"nonentity, nonexistence - the state of not existing | | 2. |  existence - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, creationnatural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by manextragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the skyclosed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matterestraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmospherenatural order - the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) lawsnature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
existencenoun1. reality, being, life, survival, duration, endurance, continuation, subsistence, actuality, continuance Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear power industry.2. life, situation, way of life, life style the man who rescued her from her wretched existence3. creation, life, the world, reality, the human condition, this mortal coil pondering the mysteries of existencein existence surviving, remaining, functioning, operative, in force, existent, in operation, extant, undestroyed It is the only one of its kind that is in existence.Quotations
"I think; therefore I am" [René Descartes Discourse on Method]
"Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve" [Erich Fromm Man For Himself]existencenoun1. The fact or state of existing or of being actual:actuality, being, entity, reality.2. The period during which someone or something exists:day (often used in plural), duration, life, lifetime, span, term.3. One that exists independently:being, entity, existent, individual, object, something, thing.Translationsexist (igˈzist) verb1. to be something real or actual. Do ghosts really exist? 存在 存在2. to stay alive; to continue to live. It is possible to exist on bread and water. 生存 生存exˈistence noun1. the state of existing. He does not believe in the existence of God; How long has this rule been in existence? 存在 存在2. (a way of) life. an uneventful existence. 生活(方式) 生活（方式） existence
bane of (one's) existenceThe source or cause of one's misfortune, unhappiness, frustration, or anxiety, usually used hyperbolically. I swear, this project is the bane of my existence. I've been working on it for months and still haven't made any real progress! Jane has been constantly annoying me all week. She's been the bane of my very existence!See also: bane, existence, ofcharmed existenceA life characterized or seemingly protected by marked good fortune or luck, without (or rarely) encountering trouble, danger, or misfortune. Often preceded by the verbs "lead," "live," or "have." Celebrities seem to have a rather charmed existence, with everything handed to them on a silver platter. Other than minor colds, I've never been ill in my life. I guess I've just led a charmed existence.See also: charmed, existencehave a charmed existenceTo lead a life characterized or seemingly protected by marked good fortune or luck, without (or rarely) encountering trouble, danger, or misfortune. Celebrities seem to have a rather charmed existence, with everything handed to them on a silver platter. Other than minor colds, I've never been ill in my life. I guess I've just had a charmed existence.See also: charmed, existence, havelead a charmed existenceTo lead a life characterized or seemingly protected by marked good fortune or luck, without (or rarely) encountering trouble, danger, or misfortune. Celebrities seem to lead a rather charmed existence, with everything handed to them on a silver platter. Other than minor colds, I've never been ill in my life. I guess I've just led a charmed existence.See also: charmed, existence, leadlive a charmed existenceTo lead a life characterized or seemingly protected by marked good fortune or luck, without (or rarely) encountering trouble, danger, or misfortune. Celebrities seem to live a rather charmed existence, with everything handed to them on a silver platter. Other than minor colds, I've never been ill in my life. I guess I've just lived a charmed existence.See also: charmed, existence, livecome into existenceTo appear or arise; to begin to exist. This company only came into existence through the hard work of my talented staff. The newly captured images are helping scientists to understand how some stars come into existence.See also: come, existencewink out1. Of a flame or light, to become suddenly extinguished. The flashlight sputtered and winked out, leaving us stuck in the cave with no source of light. I sat dreamily watching each candle wink out in the early hours of the morning.2. To be abruptly killed, destroyed, or ruined. Typically used in passive constructions and often followed by "of existence." I was there on the ground, watching as innocent men, women, and children were winked out of existence by the enemy gunfire. Entire towns were simply winked out as drought and famine swept through the region.See also: out, winkin existence1. Currently existing. This type of bird won't be in existence for much longer if people keep hunting it for sport.2. Currently functioning or operating. Man, that is the worst coffee shop in existence—I've almost spat out their lattes before!3. Having been created or having taken effect. How long has the review panel been in existence? That law wasn't in existence back when I was a cop.See also: existencecome into existenceto begin existence; to begin to be. This country came into existence in the early part of the fifteenth century. When did this little town come into existence?See also: come, existencein existencenow existing; currently and actually being. The tiger may not be in existence in a few decades. All the oil in existence will not last the world for another century.See also: existencethe bane of somebody’s ˈlife/eˈxistence a person or thing that makes somebody’s life unpleasant or unhappy: That car is always breaking down! It’s the bane of my life. OPPOSITE: a ray of sunshineSee also: bane, existence, life, ofwink outv. To become quickly extinguished, especially following a weak burst of activity: The candle flickered and winked out. The street lamps winked out one by one.See also: out, winkbane of one's existence, theThe agent of one’s ruin or misery; a thorn in the flesh. The earliest meaning of the noun bane was “murderer” and was so used in Beowulf (ca. a.d. 800). A somewhat later meaning was “poison,” which survives as part of the names of various poisonous plants, such as henbane or wolf’s bane. The current sense, an agent of ruin, dates from the late 1500s. Today it is almost always used hyperbolically, as in “The new secretary loses all my messages; she’s become the bane of my existence.”See also: bane, ofExistence
Existence a synonym for being—the being of matter and of consciousness—in dialectical materialist philosophy. Throughout the history of philosophy, the concept of existence has usually been applied to a thing’s external being, which, in contrast to a thing’s essence, is comprehended by experience rather than by thought. Scholasticism perceived the duality of essence and existence as reflecting a fundamental dichotomy in the natural, or created, universe—a dichotomy sublated only in god: the existence of a thing is not deducible from its essence but is ultimately determined by the creative will of god. The British empiricists of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as Locke and Hume, recognized the reality of isolated facts, whose existence cannot be deduced in any way and which are determined by sense experience, the source of all knowledge. Modern rationalism, as taught by Descartes, Spinoza, Fichte, and Hegel, bases its interpretation of existence on the unity of thought and being. Essentially, these philosophers regard existence as something reasonable, or rational. Leibniz and Kant attempted to reconcile these two viewpoints. Leibniz recognizes two kinds of truth: the eternal truths of reason and the truths of fact. According to Leibniz, however, the distinction between the two exists only within human reason, which is finite; in divine reason the distinction is sublated. Kant recognizes the ontological significance of the existence of the unknowable “thing-in-itself”: such existence, in principle, is not logically deducible, since it is impossible logically to deduce the existence of any sense phenomenon. Reason provides formal connections only, while the senses furnish the material for reason. With Kierkegaard, the category of existence acquires a basically new meaning. In contraposition to rationalism—Hegel’s, in particular—Kierkegaard proposes that existence be understood as that human reality which is apprehended directly. Existence, according to Kierkegaard, is unique, personal, and finite. Finite existence has its own destiny and is historical in nature, for in Kierkegaard’s view history is inseparable from the finiteness of existence, from its nonrepeatability—that is, from destiny. In the 20th century, Kierkegaard’s concept of existence has been revived and plays a central role in the existentialism of K. Jaspers, M. Heidegger, J.-P. Sartre, and G. Marcel. In this school of thought, existence (from which the term “existentialism” derives) is correlated, as it were, with transcendence—that is, with man’s extension beyond his own limits. According to existentialism, both the link between existence and transcendence, which is inaccessible to thought, and the finiteness of existence are revealed by the very fact of existence. On the other hand, the finiteness of existence, or mortality, is not merely the empirical fact of the end of life; rather, it is a principle determining the structure of existence and permeating all human life. Hence the existentialists’ characteristic interest in “borderline” situations, such as suffering, dread, guilt, or anxiety, which throw light on the nature of existence. Marxist philosophy, opposing all forms of idealism, regards existence as the objective reality of matter in its diverse forms and as that being—in the sociohistorical sense—which determines man’s position in society. P. P. GAIDENKO existence
existence (ĭg-zĭs′təns)n.1. The fact or state of existing; being.2. The fact or state of continued being; life: our brief existence on Earth.3. a. All that exists: sang the beauty of all existence.b. A thing that exists; an entity.4. A mode or manner of existing: scratched out a meager existence.5. Specific presence; occurrence: The Geiger counter indicated the existence of radioactivity.existence
Related to existence: Existence of aliensSynonyms for existencenoun realitySynonyms- reality
- being
- life
- survival
- duration
- endurance
- continuation
- subsistence
- actuality
- continuance
noun lifeSynonyms- life
- situation
- way of life
- life style
noun creationSynonyms- creation
- life
- the world
- reality
- the human condition
- this mortal coil
phrase in existenceSynonyms- surviving
- remaining
- functioning
- operative
- in force
- existent
- in operation
- extant
- undestroyed
Synonyms for existencenoun the fact or state of existing or of being actualSynonyms- actuality
- being
- entity
- reality
noun the period during which someone or something existsSynonyms- day
- duration
- life
- lifetime
- span
- term
noun one that exists independentlySynonyms- being
- entity
- existent
- individual
- object
- something
- thing
Synonyms for existencenoun the state or fact of existingSynonymsRelated Words- state
- actuality
- timeless existence
- timelessness
- eternity
- preexistence
- coexistence
- subsistence
- presence
- life
- aliveness
- animation
- living
- transcendence
- transcendency
- possibleness
- possibility
Antonymsnoun everything that exists anywhereSynonyms- cosmos
- macrocosm
- universe
- world
- creation
Related Words- natural object
- extragalactic nebula
- galaxy
- celestial body
- heavenly body
- closed universe
- estraterrestrial body
- extraterrestrial object
- natural order
- nature
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