state of being
How one exists
A state of being is a condition of existence—how someone or something is at a given moment.
The phrase often appears in philosophical or contemplative contexts: Meditation altered her state of being.
It can describe emotional, physical, or spiritual conditions: a peaceful state of being, an elevated state of being.
The term emphasizes existence itself rather than action or accomplishment.
- quality of lifeGeneral life satisfaction
- conditionState or stipulation
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- inner lifeOne's private mental world
waking life · reality · vitality · existential meaning · transience · in limbo · presence · present moment · here and now · lived experience · human condition · mindset · alive · feel · health · ontology · nature · dwelling
state of beingnonexistence
Absence of being
nonbeing · nothingness · void · oblivion · annihilation
state of beingbecoming
Attractive or appropriate
process · change · transformation · transition · dynamism
station, being, state, status, statement, static, existence, stationary, statistics