Appearance and Existence

Appearance

Appearance noun - The outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality.

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Existence and appearance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Existence" instead a noun "Appearance".

Nearby Words: appear, appeared, appearing

Existence noun - The fact of being or of being real.

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Appearance and existence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appearance" instead a noun "Existence".

Nearby Words: exist, existent, existing, existential

human	human appearance	human existence
physical	physical appearance	physical existence
full	full appearance	full existence
normal	normal appearance	normal existence
Other adjectives: brief, short, alien, current, true, actual, real, new, unique, sole, mere, next, previous, sudden.

My heart turned to dust centuries ago, taking all life with it, and left me merely in a state of existence, my soul unable to work properly without it, thus my appearance.

Source: Fanfic / Hope For The Heartless
Residual Self-Image is what you get when a Virtual Reality, Spirit World, or other alternate plane of existence designs the appearance of avatars in its domain off of personality and how people think of themselves, rather than real-world appearance.

Source: Residual Self Image
The most significant one is the existence of "Copy-CASTs": machines that are created with the mind and appearance of a real person but none of the rights granted to CASTs.

Source: Video Game / Phantasy Star Universe

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