Word definition: 'existence' • Lucid Lexicon

existence

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Ancestral Lore of existence

late 14^th century, from Latin ex(s)istentia "that by which essence becomes actual" "the naked being," as opposed to essentia (Greek ουσία/ousía) as the essential beingness
see essence

the verb exist is from circa 1600

prior to that:
Middle English: ibēn, ibeon (based on be)
Old English had wesan

any German speaker will recognize both, the ME and OE forms

existence noun

the ME and OE variants (see etymology) were meaningful and essential:
the ibn compound holds the completeness of being within it
wesan or wesen is a variant of essence
the abstraction of beingness; the stage for experience

a: the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence
b: the manner of being that is common to every mode of being;
c: being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect
actual or present occurrence
a: the totality of existent things; a particular being
b: sentient or living being; life
c: reality as presented in experience
d: obsolete: reality as opposed to appearance

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Relatives of Existence

according to CDEs

Universe
- meanwhile, an ambiguous, equivocal word; includes a definition as follows:
  "a distinct field or province of thought or reality that forms a closed system or self-inclusive and independent organization" or "a set that contains all elements relevant to a particular discussion or problem"
Cosmos
- a complex orderly self-inclusive system
- the whole body of things observed or assumed
Nature
- the external world in its entirety
- natural scenery
Reality
- meanwhile, an ambiguous, equivocal term; includes a definition as follows:
  "television programming that features people (especially people who are not professional actors) dealing with real-life situations or participating in contrived activities (such as competitions)"
World
- too many definitions: it is understandable (no obvious distortions), but the term is too broad and therefore ambiguous

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

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