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ROGETS THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES CLASS I WORDS EXPRESSING ABSTRACT RELATIONS SECTION I. EXISTENCE 1. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT 1. Existence -- N. existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.], subsistence. reality, actuality; positiveness c adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober reality; truth c 494; actual existence. presence c (existence in space) 186; coexistence c 120. stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream c 515; no joke. center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. [Science of existence], ontology. V. exist, be; have being c n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur c (event) 151; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate. consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by. come into existence c n.; arise c (begin) 66; come forth c (appear) 446. become c (be converted) 144; bring into existence c 161. abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay. Adj. existing c v.; existent, under the sun; in existence c n.; extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed. real, actual, positive, absolute; true c 494; substantial, substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential. well-founded, well-grounded; unideal?, unimagined; not potential c 2; authentic. Adv. actually c adj.; in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto. Phr. ens rationis [Lat.]; ergo sum cogito [Lat.], thinkest thou existence doth depend on time? [Byron]. 2. Inexistence -- N. inexistence?; nonexistence, nonsubsistence; nonentity, nil; negativeness c adj.; nullity; nihility?, nihilism; tabula rasa [Lat.], blank; abeyance; absence c 187; no such thing c 4; nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion. annihilation; extinction c (destruction) 162; extinguishment, extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration. V. not exist c 1; have no existence c 1; be null and void; cease to exist c 1; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct c adj.