timeless existence

9.3

A state with no beginning or end, like life after death

noun

Literature

: existencia atemporal

Many religions speak of a timeless existence after death.

Examples

Some believe that achieving enlightenment results in timeless existence free from the cycle of birth and death.
The philosopher wrote about the possibility of timeless existence beyond our mortal world.
Many religions promise a timeless existence to those who lead a virtuous life.
What is timeless existence?
Many religions promise a timeless existence to those who lead a virtuous life.
Some believe that achieving enlightenment results in timeless existence free from the cycle of birth and death.
Many religions speak of a timeless existence after death.

Synonyms

eternity

vstimeless existence

224 5.8

Time that never ends, often imagined after death

emphasizes no beginning and afterlife meaning rather than general endless time

infinity

vstimeless existence

94 5.7

A time that never ends

is applied to existence without beginning or end in religious belief

immortality

vstimeless existence

73 7.2

A life that never ends

refers to eternal existence without beginning or end rather than only continued life

eternal life

vstimeless existence

46 7.4

Life that continues forever after death

is the same idea but expressed as a general state rather than a faith phrase

perpetuity

vstimeless existence

19 9.6

A situation that lasts forever

is the same endlessness but used more in afterlife or religious sense

forever

vstimeless existence

12 1.4

A very long time with no end

is about an ongoing state without beginning or end rather than just duration

life eternal

vstimeless existence

Literature

1 7.9

An endless state of being after death

is the same meaning but used more as a neutral descriptive state

timelessness

vstimeless existence

Literature

1 7.5

A state of not being limited by time, for example in the afterlife

focuses on life without beginning or end rather than merely being outside time

endlessness

vstimeless existence

1 6.0

A state of having no end or limit

focuses specifically on eternal existence without beginning or end

eternality

vstimeless existence

8.4

Lasting forever without a beginning or end

applies this quality specifically to existence without beginning or end often after death

alway

vstimeless existence

Archaic

9.9

An old word for a time that never ends

is the modern concept of never ending existence used more widely

everlastingness

vstimeless existence

9.9

A state of lasting forever

focuses more on a continuous duration rather than origin or afterlife

sempiternity

vstimeless existence

Literature

9.9

A time that never ends

is the same idea but often applied to personal existence beyond death

foreverness

vstimeless existence

8.3

A state of seeming to last or really lasting without an end

is used specifically for an endless state of existence rather than mere time

deathlessness

vstimeless existence

Literature

9.6

A state of never dying or being remembered forever

emphasizes surviving death rather than a state with no beginning or end

agelessness

vstimeless existence

7.5

The quality of seeming never to get older

refers to existence without beginning or end rather than simply not aging

Antonyms

mortality

63 5.7

The fact that living things must die

temporality

1 8.2

The fact that something lasts only for a short time

Surface Forms

timeless existence singular

timeless existences plural

Morphology

timeless + existence

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'timeless' (not affected by time/eternal) with 'existence' (state of being); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'a state of eternal existence' without prior exposure. This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically regular, so the phrase is immediately comprehensible from its parts.

Etymology

Timeless existence may come from the simple image of clocks stopped and time standing still. The word timeless means 'without time' and existence means being, so the phrase came to mean a kind of 'eternal' being with no beginning or end.