nonexistence

Noun

Meaning

Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.

A thing that has no existence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

absence extinction void negation annihilation emptiness oblivion nothingness nullity nonentity nonbeing inexistence nirvana cypher nada
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Antonyms

existence galaxy being life support world
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Hypernyms

nonbeing

Hyponyms

void impossibility nothingness nullity unreality irreality

Examples

The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not. The existence or nonexistence of a creator is independent of our desires. A world without God or purpose may seem harsh or pointless, but that alone doesn ' t require God to actually exist. Lawrence M. Krauss

We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for the vast drama of ourselves. Herman Wouk

Theories / are things... Absence and nonexistence / of theories are things. Karel Appel

Secrecy as deep as this is past possibility without nonexistence as well. Isaac Asimov

How is clean, painless nonexistence any worse than clean, painless death? Orson Scott Card

When we never see who we are, never hear what we think about things, what we are doing as a group or what we are doing individually, then it is as if we are never there in the first place. Silence = Nonexistence. Margaret Cho

Close letter words and terms

nonexhibitionist nonexhibitionistic nonexist nonexistent nonexistent sense of smell nonexistent thing