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Existence

//ɛɡˈzɪs.təns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. countable, uncountable

    "In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence."

  2. 2
    everything that exists anywhere wordnet
  3. 3
    Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968) countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the state or fact of existing wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz. Morphologically exist + -ence.

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