Dictionary

nonexistence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From non- + existence.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of not existing.
   • The nonexistence of Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy came as something of a shock.
   • To hear Carlson foam, you’d think that each time a devious immigrant sneaks into the United States and reaches for a voter registration form, a White American in Peoria blinks into nonexistence. 2022 May 17, Philip Bump, “‘Great replacement theory’ is ignorant both broadly and narrowly”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 18 May 2022:

Forms

Synonyms

inexistence

Translations (23)

sa असत् (The state of not existing) · pt inexistência (The state of not existing) · fr non-existence (The state of not existing) · it inesistenza (The state of not existing) · ckb نەمان (The state of not existing) · uk небуття́ (The state of not existing) · fi olemassaolemattomuus (The state of not existing) · uk неіснува́ння (The state of not existing) · ja 非実在 (The state of not existing) · ca inexistència (The state of not existing) · fi olemattomuus (The state of not existing) · el ανυπαρξία (The state of not existing) · mk неби́тие (The state of not existing) · es inexistencia (The state of not existing) · pl nieistnienie (The state of not existing) · ka არარსებულობა (The state of not existing) · ckb لەناوچوون (The state of not existing) · hi अनस्तित्व (The state of not existing) · ar عَدَم (The state of not existing) · mk непосто́ење (The state of not existing) · sk neexistencia (The state of not existing) · eo neekzistado (The state of not existing) · ru несуществова́ние (The state of not existing)