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pseudo-existence
pseudo-existence n. 
/ˌs(j)uːdəʊɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˈs(j)uːdəʊᵻɡˌzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˈs(j)uːdəʊɛɡˌzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˌsudoʊˌɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˈsudoʊɪɡˌzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˈsudoʊˌɛɡˌzɪst(ə)ns/ false or unreal existence; (Philosophy) a state of affairs in which an object which does not exist is presented as existing.
Brit. /ˌs(j)uːdəʊᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/
, /ˌs(j)uːdəʊᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˌs(j)uːdəʊɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˈs(j)uːdəʊᵻɡˌzɪst(ə)ns//ˈs(j)uːdəʊɛɡˌzɪst(ə)ns/U.S. /ˌsudoʊɪɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/
, /ˌsudoʊɪɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˌsudoʊˌɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˈsudoʊɪɡˌzɪst(ə)ns//ˈsudoʊˌɛɡˌzɪst(ə)ns/ΘΚΠ
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pseudo-existence1849
pseudo-entity1896
1849 Littell's Living Age 18 Aug. 318/1 Many of our readers will doubtless remember the Aëronautical Society, which was puffed into a kind of pseudo-existence a few years ago.
1904 B. Russell in Mind 13 207 What is called the existence of an object in presentation is not really existence at all: it may be called pseudo~existence.
1934 Mind 43 375 Confronted with Meinong's obscure and tentative utterances about immanence and pseudo-existence, Mr. Russell reasonably protested.
2003 Guardian (Nexis) 26 May (Media section) 2 As reality shows have become more dramatic, dramas have become ever more realistic. No wonder the ‘real’ world has struggled to compete with the pseudo-existence on the screen.
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