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Synonyms & Similar Words
reality
being
presence
life
entity
subsistence
survival
continuance
persistence
endurance
living
breathing
vitality
actuality
actual existence
fact
actuality
actual existence
fact
reality
beingness
livingness
aliveness
consciousness
awareness
sentience
animation
vitalness
dynamism
viability
validity
authenticity
genuineness
truth
factuality
concreteness
tangibility
materiality
substantiality
corporeality
embodiment
incarnateness
Meaning of Existence
The state of having objective reality or being.
Definitions
- The state of having objective reality or being, as opposed to non-existence
- The fact or state of living or having objective reality, as opposed to non-existence
- The state of being real, actual, or present, as opposed to being imaginary, hypothetical, or abstract
Etymology of Existence
The word "existence" comes from the Old French word "existence", which is derived from the Latin word "existentia", meaning "a standing out" or "a being", and is related to the verb "existere", which means "to stand out" or "to be"
The Latin verb "existere" is a combination of "ex" (meaning "out" or "forth") and "sistere" (meaning "to stand" or "to be"), and is used to describe the state of being or standing out in reality
Example Uses
- The philosopher's concept of existence was rooted in the idea that reality is fundamentally made up of individual, autonomous beings
- The company's existence was threatened by the economic downturn and increased competition
- The existence of dark matter has been confirmed by recent scientific discoveries
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
nonexistence
nothingness
void
emptiness
absence
nonbeing
unreality
illusion
fantasy
fiction
negation
nullity
oblivion
extinction
annihilation
destruction
dissolution
disappearance
evanescence
transience
fleetingness
impermanence
ephemerality
momentariness
brevity
shortness