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C00002 00002	1. EXISTENCE.
C00006 00003	5. SUBJECTIVENESS.
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C00014 00005	15. DIFFERENCE.
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1. EXISTENCE.
N. existence,being entity,subsistence,presence,omnipresence,ubiquity.
reality,actuality,fact,matter of fact,truth,verity.
essence,inner reality,vital principle.
Science of existence: ontology.
V. exist,be,subsist,live,breathe;vegetate;happen,take place;occur,prevail.
consist in,lie in;be comprised in.
abide in,lie in;be comprised in.
abide,continue,endure,last,remain.
ADJ. existent,subsistent,extant;afloat,on foot,current,prevalent.
real,actual,positive,absolute;veritable,true;substantial,essential.
well founded,well grounded,authentic.
ADV. actually,in fact,in reality;indeed.

2. NONEXISTENCE.
N. nonexistence,inexistence;nonentity;nullity;nihilism;blank;absence,emptiness,void,vacuum;
nothingness.
annihilation,extinction,destruction,abolition,extirpation,nirvana,obliteration.
V. not exist,be null and void;cease to exist;pass away,perish,be or become exinct;die out;
disappear,vanish,fade,melt away,dissolve,be no more;die,etc.,360.
annihilate,nullify;abrogate,etc.,756;destroy,etc.,162;remove,displace,vacate;obliterate,extirpate.
ADJ. inexistent,nonexistent;negative,blank;null,missing,absent,etc.,187.
unreal,baseless,unsubstantial,shadowy,spectral,visionary.
unborn,uncreated,unbegotten.
extinct,gone,lost,departed;defunct,etc.(dead),360.
fabulous,ideal,etc.(imaginary),515.

3. SUBSTANTIALITY.
N. substantiality;person,thing,object,article;something,a being,creature,body,substance,matter,etc.,316;
groundwork,materiality.
ADJ. substantial,essential;personal,bodily,corporeal,tangible,etc.(material),316.

4. UNSUBSTANTIALITY.
N. unsubstantiality,nothingness,nihility;bubble,etc.,353.
nothing,naught,nil[L.],nullity,zero,cipher;blank,void,hollowness.
thing of naught,man of straw,lay figure;nonentity.
phantom,apparition,specter,shadow,dream,vision,will-of-the-wisp,ignis fatuus[L.].
V. vanish,evaporate,fade,sink,fly,dissolve,melt away;die away,die out;disappear,etc.,449.
ADJ. unsubstantial;baseless,groundless;ungrounded;without foundation.
visionary,imaginary,immaterial,spectral,etc.,980a;dreamy;shadowy;
ethereal,airy,gaseous,imponderable,tenuous,vague,vaporous,dreamlike,illusory,unreal.
vacant,vacuous;empty,void,blank,hollow.

5. SUBJECTIVENESS.
N. subjectiveness,intrinsicality,inherence,immanence,indwelling;ego;essence,quintessence,elixir;
gist,pith,core,kernel,marrow,backbone,heart,soul,life,substance.
principle,nature,constitution.
temper,temperament;spirit,humor,quality,dispositon.
aspect,mood,feature,peculiarity,idiosyncrasy.
ADJ. intrinsic,subjective;fundamental,implanted,inherent,essential,natural;

innate,inborn,inbred,ingrained,indwelling,immanent,inwrought;
radical,incarnate,hereditary,inherited,congenital,indigenous,native;
in the grai,bred in the bone,instinctive;characteristic,ineradicable,fixed.
ADV. practically,virtually,substantially,in effect.

6. OBJECTIVENESS.
N. objectiveness,extraneousness,extrinsicality.
ADJ. extrinsic,objective;extraneous,external,incidental,accidental,nonessential,unessential,accessory;
contingent,fortuitous,casual.
implanted,ingrafted;inculcated,infused.

7. STATE.
N. state,conditon,category;estate,lot,mood,temper.
dilemma,pass,predicament,quandary,corner,fix[colloq.],plight.
frame,fabric,stamp,mold;constitution.
form,shape;tone,tenor,trim,guise,fashion,mode,style,character.

8. CIRCUMSTANCE.
N. circumstance,situation,phase,position;footing,standing,status.
occasion,juncture,contingency.
predicament,emergency;exigency,crisis,pinch,pass,plight.
ADJ. circumstantial,conditional,provisional;contingent,incidental;adventitious.
ADV. thus,in such wise;in or under the circumstancees(or conditions).
accordingly,that being the case;since,seeing that.
conditionally,provided,if,in case;if so,unless,in the event of;provisionally.

9. RELATION.
N. relation,bearing,relativity,reference,connection,concern;analogy;
similarity;homogeneity,affinity,alliance,nearness,association;consanguinity,etc.,11;
relationship,relevancy.
ratio,proportion;comparison.
link,tie,bond.
V. relate to,refer to;bear upon,regard,concern,touch,affect,pertain to,belong to;correlate.
associate,connect;link,bind.
ADJ. relative,relating to,referable to;belong to.
related,connected,associated,affiliated;allied,collateral,cognate,affinitive.
relevant,applicable,in the same category.
ADV. as regards,concerning,with relation to,with regard to;by the way,in the matter of.

10. IRRELATION. [want or absence of relation]
N. irrelation,dissociation;inapplicability;disconnection,disjunction;inconsequence,disagreement,heterogeneity;irrelevancy.
V. have no relation to,have no bearing upon,have nothing to do with.
ADJ. unrelated,irrespective,unallied,disconnected,unconnected,heterogeneous;isolated.
extraneous,strange,alien,foreign,outlandish,exotic.
irrelevant,inapplicable,not pertinent,unessential,inapposite,beside the mark.
remote,farfetched,out-of-the-way,forced,detached,apart.
incidental,parenthetical,episodic.
ADV. parenthetically,by the way,by the by;incidentally,without regard to.

11. CONSANGUINITY. [relations of kindred]
N. consanguinity,relationship,kindred,blood;parentage,paternity;lineage,connection,alliance;
people [as, my people],family,ties of blood,blood relation.
kinsman,kinsfolk;kith and kin;relative,relation;connection;
next of kin;near relation,distant relation.
family,fraternity;brotherhood,sisterhood.
race,stock,generation;clan,tribe;strain,breed.
V. be related to,claim kinship with.
ADJ. related,akin,consanguineous,allied,affiliated;kindred.

12. CORRELATION. [double or reciprocal relation]
N. correlation,interdependence,reciprocity,mutuality,correspondence,interchange,exchange,barter.
alternation,seesaw,to-and-fro.
V. reciprocate,alternate,interact;interchange,exchange;correlate.
ADJ. reciprocal,mutal,correlative;correspondent,corresponding;alternate;
inerchangeable;equivalent,complementary.

13. IDENTITY.
N. identity,sameness,unity,convertibility;equality,etc.,27;homogeneity;self,oneself.
monotony,repetiton,etc.,104.
facsimile,etc.(copy),21;similarity,etc.,17;exactness,fidelity;same,selfsame,counterpart.
V. coincide, coalesce.
treat as identical(or the same),render identical;identify.
ADJ. identical,self,selfsame,ditto.
coincident,coinciding,coalecent,indistinguishable;one;equivalent,convertible,equal.

14. CONTRARIETY.
N. contrariety,contrast,foil,antithesis,counterpart,complement;oppositeness;
antagonism,opposition,clashing,repugnance,antipathy.
inversion,subversion,reversal,the opposite,the reverse,the inverse,the converse,antipodes.
V. be contrary,contrast with,oppose,differ from.
invert,reverse,turn topsy-turvy,turn upside down,transpose.
contradict,contravene;antagonize,etc.,708.
ADJ. contrary,opposite,counter,adverse,averse,converse,reverse;
opposed,antithetical,contrasted,antipodean,diametrically opposite;antagonistic,conflisting,inconsistent,contradictory;
hostile,inimical.

15. DIFFERENCE.
N. difference,dissimilarity,variance,variation,variety;diversity,divergence,heterogeneity,contrast,antithesis;
disagreement,disparity,inequality,distinction,contradiction,contrariety.
nice (or fine,subtle)distinction,discrimination;modification.
V. differ,vary;mismatch,contrast;diverge from,depart from,deviate from;modify,change,alter.
discriminate,distinguish,etc.,465.
ADJ. different,diverse,heterogeneous;varied,varient,divergent,incongrous,modified;
diversified,various.
other,another,not the same;unequal,etc.,28;unmatched,widely apart.
distinctive,characterisitc,discriminative,distinguishing;diagnostic.

16. UNIFORMITY.
N. uniformity;homogeneity,stability,continuity,permanence,consistency,accordance,conformity;
agreement,etc.,23;consonance.
regularity,constancy,evenness,sameness,unity,even tenor,routine.
V. accord with,etc.,23;conform to;assimilate;level,smooth.
ADJ. uniform,homogeneous,of a piece,consistent;even,equable,constant,level;
invariable,regular,unvaried,undiversified,unvarying,singsong,dreary,monotonous.
ADV. always,ever,evermore,perpetually,forever,everlastingly,invariably.

16a. WANT OF UNIFORMITY.
N. diversity, irregularity,unevenness;uncomformity,dissimilarity,dissimilitude,divergence,heterogeneity.
ADJ. diversified,varied,irregular,checkered,uneven;multifarious,of various kinds.

17. SIMILARITY. 
N. similarity,resemblance,likeness,semblance,affinity,approximation,parallelism;
agreement,etc.,23;analogy,correspondence;brotherhood,family likeness.
repetition,etc.,104;sameness,etc.(identity),13;uniformity,etc.,16.
the like;match,fellow,companion,pair,mate,twi,double,counterpart,brother,sister;
one's second self,alter ego[L.];chip off the old block,birds of a feather.
simile,parallel,type,image,etc.(representation),554.
V. resemble,look like,favor[colloq.],follow,echo,reproduce,bear resemblance;
savor of,smack of;approximate;parallel,match,rhyme with;take after;imitate,etc.,19.
ADJ. similar,resembling,like,alike;twin.
analogouss,parallel,of a piece;such as.
akin to,etc.(consanguineous),11;correlative,correspondig,cognate,allied to.
approximate,near,close,something like,near[as, near silk,colloq.],mock,pseudo,simulating,representing.
exact,etc.(true),494;lifelike,faithful,true to life;the very image of ,cast in the same mold.
ADV. as if so to speak;as it were,as if it were;quasi[L.],just as.

18. DISSIMILARITY.
N. dissimilarity,dissimilitude;unlikeness,diversity,disparity,divergence,variation;
difference,etc.,15;novelty,originality.
V. vary,etc.(differ),15;differ from;diversify.
ADJ. dissimilar,unlike,disparate;divergent,nonidentical,unique,new,novel,unprecedented,original;
diversified,etc.,16a.
ADV. otherwise,alias.

19. IMITATION.
N. imitation,copying;repetition,duplication;quotation;reproduction.
mockery,aping,mimicry.
simulation,impersonation;parrotism,parrotry;representation,etc.,554;
semblance,pretense;copy,etc.,21.
paraphrase;parody,etc.,21.
plagiarism;forgery,etc.,544.
imitator,echo,cuckoo,parrot,ape,monkey,mimic;copyyist.
V. imitate,copy,mirror,reflect,reproduce,repeat;do like,echo,re-echo,catch;
match,parallel;forge,counterfeit,
mimic,ape,simulate,impersonate,act,etc.(drama),599;represent,etc.,554;
parody,travesty,caricature,burlesque,take off,mock;borrow.
follow in the steps(or wake)of,take pattern by,follow suit[colloq.],
follow the example of,walk in the shoes of,take after,model after;emulate.
ADJ. imitative,modeled after;molded on,borrowed,counterfeit,
imitation,false,pseudo,near[as, near silk, colloq.];mock,mimic.
ADV. literally,verbatim,word for word,exactly,precisely.

20. NONIMITATION.
N. nonimitation,originality,creativeness.
ADJ. unimitated,uncopied;unmatched,unparalleled;inimitable,etc.,33;
unique,original,primordial,creative;exceptional,rare,uncommon,unexampled,
out-of-the-way,unwonted.

20a. VARIATION.
N. variation,alteration,change,imitation;modification;discrepancy.
divergency,deviation,deflection;aberration;innovation.
V. vary,etc.(change),140;deviate,etc.,279;diverge;alternate.
ADJ. varied,modified;diversified,etc.,16a;dissimilar,etc.,18.

21. COPY.  [result of imitation]
N. copy,facsimile,counterpart,effigy,form,likeness,similitude,semblance,cast,tracing;
imitation,etc.,19;model,representation,study;portrait,etc.,554;duplicate,
transcript,transcription;reflection,shadow,echo;reprint,replica,transfer,
reproduction,repetition.
servile copy,counterfeit,forgery.
parody,caricature,burlesque,travesty,paraphrase;cartoon.
ADJ. faithful,likelike,similar,close,exact.

22. PROTOTYPE. [thing copied]
N. prototype,original,model,pattern,precedent,standard;type;archetype,exemplar,example.
copy,text,design;keynote.
die,mold;matrix,last,mint,seal,punch,stamp,intaglio,negative.
V. be an example,set an example.