| acathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual | - |
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| catalexis | (noun) the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | - |
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| cathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | Synonyms: charge |
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| coexistence | (noun) existing peacefully together | - |
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| epiplexis | (noun) a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them | - |
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| existence | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world |
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| (noun) the state or fact of existing | Synonyms: being, beingness, face of the earth |
| existentialism | (noun) (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves | Synonyms: existential philosophy, existentialist philosophy |
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| existentialist | (noun) a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable | Synonyms: existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher |
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| heterosexism | (noun) discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people | - |
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| lexis | (noun) all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function | - |
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| nonexistence | (noun) the state of not existing | Synonyms: nonentity |
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| preexistence | (noun) existing in a former state or previous to something else | - |
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| sexism | (noun) discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex | - |
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| sexist | (noun) a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women | Synonyms: male chauvinist |
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