Affections in General
Nouns
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existence, being, entity, subsistence. reality, actuality
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positiveness etc. adj.
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fact, matter of fact, sober reality
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truth etc. [Object of knowledge.] Truth
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actual existence. presence etc. (existence in space) Presence
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coexistence etc. Synchronism. stubborn fact, hard fact
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not a dream etc. Imagination
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no joke. center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. [Science of existence], ontology.
Verbs
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exist, be
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have being etc. n.
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subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case
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occur etc. (event) Eventuality
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have place, prevail
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find oneself, pass the time, vegetate. consist in, lie in
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be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by. come into existence etc. n.
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arise etc. (begin) Beginning
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come forth etc. (appear) Visibility. become etc. (be converted) [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion
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bring into existence etc. Production. abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.
Adjectives
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existing etc. v.
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existent, under the sun
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in existence etc. n.
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extant
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afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent
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undestroyed. real, actual, positive, absolute
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true etc. [Object of knowledge.] Truth
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substantial, substantive
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self-existing, self-existent
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essential. well-founded, well-grounded
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unideal, unimagined
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not potential etc. Inexistence
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authentic.
Adverbs
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actually etc. adj.
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in fact, in point of fact, in reality
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indeed
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de facto, ipso facto.
Phrases
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thinkest thou existence doth depend on thinkest thou existence doth depend on time? [Byron].
Nouns
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inexistence
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nonexistence, nonsubsistence
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nonentity, nil
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negativeness etc. adj.
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nullity
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nihility, nihilism
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blank
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abeyance
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absence etc. Absence
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no such thing etc. Unsubstantiality
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nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion. annihilation
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extinction etc. (destruction) [Nonproduction.] Destruction
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extinguishment, extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration.
Adjectives
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inexistent, nonexistent etc. Existence
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negative, blank
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missing, omitted
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absent etc. Absence
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insubstantial, shadowy, spectral, visionary. unreal, potential, virtual
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baseless
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unsubstantial etc. Unsubstantiality
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vain. unborn, uncreated, unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade. perished, annihilated, c. v.
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extinct, exhausted, gone, lost, vanished, departed, gone with the wind
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defunct etc. (dead) Death. fabulous, ideal etc. (imaginary) Imagination, supposititious etc. Supposition.
Adverbs
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negatively, virtually etc. adj..
Nouns
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substantiality, hypostasis
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person, being, thing, object, article, item
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something, a being, an existence
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creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum
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matter etc. Materiality
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corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part. [Totality of existences], world etc. World
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plenum.
Adjectives
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substantive, substantial
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hypostatic
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personal, bodily, tangible etc. (material) Materiality
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corporeal.
Adverbs
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substantially etc. adj.
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bodily, essentially.
Nouns
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unsubstantiality, insubstantiality
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nothingness, nihility
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no degree, no part, no quantity, no thing. nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody
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never a one, ne'er a one [Contr.]
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no such thing, none in the world
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nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth
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not a particle etc. (smallness) Smallness
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all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense
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matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter
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nonentity
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flash in the pan
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phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
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dream etc. (imagination) Imagination
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such stuff as dreams are made of" [Tempest]
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air, thin air, vapor
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bubble etc. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.]
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baseless fabric of a vision" [Tempest]
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mockery. hollowness, blank
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void etc. (absence) Absence. inanity, fool's paradise.
Verbs
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vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away
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disappear etc. Disappearance.
Adjectives
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unsubstantial
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baseless, groundless
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ungrounded
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without foundation, having no foundation. visionary etc. (imaginary) Imagination
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immaterial etc. Infrequency
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spectral etc. Demon
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dreamy
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shadowy
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ethereal, airy
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cloud built, cloud formed
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gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal. vacant, vacuous
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empty etc. Absence
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eviscerated
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blank, hollow
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nominal
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null
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inane.
Phrases
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there's nothing in it
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an ocean of dreams without a sound" [Shelley].
Nouns
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intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion
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subjectiveness
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ego
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egohood
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essence, noumenon
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essentialness etc. adj.
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essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul
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important part etc. (importance) Importance. principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis. habit
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temper, temperament
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spirit, humor, grain
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disposition. endowment, capacity
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capability etc. (power) Power. moods, declensions, features, aspects
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peculiarities etc. (speciality) Speciality
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idiosyncrasy, oddity
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idiocrasy etc. (tendency) Tendency
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diagnostics.
Verbs
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be in the blood, run in the blood
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be born so
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be intrinsic etc. adj..
Adjectives
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derived from within, subjective
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intrinsic, intrinsical
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fundamental, normal
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implanted, inherent, essential, natural
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innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought
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coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic
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radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent
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congenital, congenite
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connate, running in the blood
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ingenerate, ingenite
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indigenous
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in the grain etc. n.
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bred in the bone, instinctive
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inward, internal etc. Interiority
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to the manner born
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virtual. characteristic etc. (special) Speciality, (indicative) Indication
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invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed.
Adverbs
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intrinsically etc. adj.
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at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond
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fairly.
Phrases
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character is higher than intellect" [Emerson]
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come give us a taste of your quality" [Hamlet]
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vital spark of heavenly flame" [Pope].
Nouns
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extrinsicality, objectiveness, non ego
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extraneousness etc. Extraneousness
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accident
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appearance, phenomenon etc. Appearance.
Adjectives
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derived from without
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objective
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extrinsic, extrinsical
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extraneous etc. (foreign) Extraneousness
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modal, adventitious
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ascititious, adscititious
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incidental, accidental, nonessential
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contingent, fortuitous. implanted, ingrafted
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inculcated, infused. outward, apparent etc. (external) Exteriority.
Nouns
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state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper
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aspect etc. (appearance) Appearance, dilemma, pass, predicament. constitution, habitude, diathesis
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frame, fabric etc. [Structure.] Texture
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stamp, set, fit, mold, mould. mode, modality, schesis
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form etc. (shape) Form. tone, tenor, turn
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trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character.
Verbs
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be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state etc. n.
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be on a footing, do, fare
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come to pass.
Adjectives
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conditional, modal, formal
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structural, organic.
Adverbs
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conditionally etc. adj.
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as the matter stands, as things are
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such being the case etc. Circumstance.
Nouns
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circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point
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terms
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regime
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footing, standing, status. occasion, juncture, conjunctive
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contingency etc. (event) Eventuality. predicament
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emergence, emergency
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exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push
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occurrence
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turning point. bearings, how the land lies. surroundings, context, environment Inclosure
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location Location. contingency, dependence (uncertainty) Uncertainty
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causation [Constant antecedent]. Cause, attribution [Assignment of cause] Attribution.
Adjectives
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circumstantial
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given, conditional, provisional
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critical
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modal
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contingent, incidental
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adventitious etc. (extrinsic) Extrinsicality
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limitative.
Adverbs
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in the circumstances, under the circumstances etc. n., the circumstances, conditions etc. State
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thus, in such wise. accordingly
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that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances
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that being so, sith, since, seeing that. as matters stand
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as things go, as times go. conditionally, provided, if, in case
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if so, if so be, if it be so
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depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions
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if it so happen, if it so turn out
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in the event of
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in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event
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provisionally, unless, without. according to circumstances, according to the occasion
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as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be
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as the case may be, as the wind blows
Phrases
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yet are my sins not those of circumstance" [Lytton].