existencia

Definitions of existencia
  1. noun
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
    synonyms: astillero, cepo, grada de construcción, picota, potro, reserva, stock
  2. noun
    the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
    synonyms: vida, vivir
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    type of:
    experiencia
    the content of direct observation or participation in an event
  3. noun
    the state or fact of existing
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    antonyms:
    inexistencia, no existencia
    the state of not existing
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    realidad
    the state of actually existing objectively
    anacronía, atemporalidad
    a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
    preexistencia
    existing in a former state or previous to something else
    coexistencia, cohabitación, convivencia
    existing peacefully together
    presencia
    the state of being present; current existence
    vida, vivir
    the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
    animación, vida, vivir
    the condition of living or the state of being alive
    transcendencia, trascendencia
    a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
    verdad
    conformity to reality or actuality
    inmanencia
    the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain
    omnipresencia, ubicuidad
    the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
    potencia, potencial
    the inherent capacity for coming into being
    coyuntura, lugar, margen, ocasión, opción, oportunidad, perspectiva, proporción, resquicio
    a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
    type of:
    estado
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  4. noun
    the period from the present until death
    synonyms: vida
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    type of:
    periodo, período
    an amount of time
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