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ex·is·tence (ĭg-zĭs'təns) n.
Synonyms: These nouns denote the fact or state of existing: laws in existence for centuries; an idea progressing from possibility to actuality; a point of view gradually coming into being. |
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Existence
Ex*ist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. existence.]1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence. The main object of our existence. --Lubbock. 2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. --J. S. Mill. 3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.
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Language Translation for : existence
Spanish:
existencia,
German:
das Vorhandensein, das Bestehen,
Japanese:
存在
existence
c.1384, from O.Fr. existence, from L.L. existentem "existent," prp. of L. existere "stand forth, appear," and, as a secondary meaning, "exist;" from ex- "forth" + sistere "cause to stand" (see assist). Existential as a term in logic is from 1819. Existentialism is 1941 from Ger. Existentialismus (1919), ult. from Dan. writer Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55), who wrote (1846) of Existents-Forhold "condition of existence," existentielle Pathos, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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