existences
Ways of being
Existences is the plural of existence, referring to multiple instances of being or living.
It can mean separate lives: The spy maintained two parallel existences.
It also refers to different modes or states of being: spiritual and material existences, the quiet existences of small-town residents.
The word often emphasizes distinct, bounded ways of living rather than existence as an abstract concept.
Things that exist
- entitiesThings that exist
- realitiesThings that exist
- presencesStates of being there
- essencesFundamental natures or extracts
actualities · phenomena · manifestations · occurrences · instances · substances · things · modes
States of being manifold
- varietiesDistinct forms within category
- diversitiesStates of being varied
- parallelsPoints of similarity
- alternativesOther available options
possibilities · dimensions · realms · planes · worlds · universes · realities · iterations
Existence as already situated
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
phenomenology · ontology · metaphysics · existentialism · Sartre · Heidegger · authenticity · absurdity
Complete spans of being
- livingCurrently having breath
- livelihoodsWays people earn money
- waysModes of proceeding
- circumstancesConditions affecting an event
situations · conditions · experiences · journeys · paths · fates · destinies · stories
Dangerously insecure
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
scraping · eking · struggling · hardscrabble · hand-to-mouth · impoverished · austere · frugal
beings
Things that exist
essences · actualities · phenomena · manifestations · occurrences · instances · substances · things · modes · states
multiplicities
States of being manifold
- varietiesDistinct forms within category
- diversitiesStates of being varied
- parallelsPoints of similarity
alternatives · possibilities · dimensions · realms · planes · worlds · universes · realities · iterations · versions
being-in-the-world
Existence as already situated
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
subjectivity · phenomenology · ontology · metaphysics · existentialism · Sartre · Heidegger · authenticity · absurdity · meaninglessness
lifetimes
Complete spans of being
- livingCurrently having breath
- livelihoodsWays people earn money
- waysModes of proceeding
circumstances · situations · conditions · experiences · journeys · paths · fates · destinies · stories · narratives
precarious
Dangerously insecure
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
survival · scraping · eking · struggling · hardscrabble · hand-to-mouth · impoverished · austere · frugal · minimal
existencesnonexistences
States of not being
voids · absences · nullities · nothingnesses · nothingness
existencesfantasies
Imagined scenarios, often pleasurable
illusions · fictions · unrealities · imaginings · hallucinations
- in existenceCurrently being real
- bane of someone's existenceSource of ongoing misery
- human existenceMortal life on earth
- mere existence
- existence of GodClaim a deity is real
- God's existenceWhether a supreme being is