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Abstract Let κ be an infinite cardinal. The class of κ-existentially closed groups is defined and their basic properties are studied. Moreover, for an uncountable cardinal κ, uniqueness of κ-existentially closed groups are shown, provided that they exist. We also show that for each regular strong limit cardinal κ, there exists κ-existentially closed groups. The structure of centralizers of subgroups of order less than κ in a κ-existentially group G are determined up to isomorphism namely, for any subgroup F ≤ G ν in G with | F | κ , the subgroup C G ( F ) is isomorphic to an extension of Z ( F ) by G.