nonexistence

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non·ex·is·tence

(nŏn′ĭg-zĭs′təns)

1. The condition of not existing.

2. Something that does not exist.

non′ex·is′tent adj.

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non•ex•ist•ence

(ˌnɒn ɪgˈzɪs təns)

n.

1. absence of existence.

2. something that has no existence.

[1640–50]

non`ex•ist′ent, adj.

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Noun

nonexistence - the state of not existing

nonentity

nonbeing - the state of not being

irreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact

nihility, nothingness, nullity, void - the state of nonexistence

impossibility, impossibleness - incapability of existing or occurring

being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"

nonexistence

noun

The condition of not existing:

nihility, nothing, nothingness.

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nonexistence

[ˌnɒnɪgˈzɪst/əns] n → inesistenza

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