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essent.

that which is; an entity, a being, an existent

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛsənt/
  1. that which is; an entity, a being, an existent

Where this word comes from

Pseudo-Latinism, coined by Ralph Manheim in his 1959 English translation of Martin Heidegger’s Einführung in die Metaphysik to render German Seiendes (as distinct from Sein) on the basis of *essens, a pseudo-Latin present participle of sum.

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