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Definition of Nonexistence
1. Noun. The state of not existing.
Generic synonyms: Nonbeing
Specialized synonyms: Irreality, Unreality, Nihility, Nothingness, Nullity, Void, Impossibility, Impossibleness
Antonyms: Existence
Derivative terms: Nonexistent
Definition of Nonexistence
1. n. Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.
Definition of Nonexistence
1. Noun. The state of not existing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonexistence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonexistence
Literary usage of Nonexistence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1896)
"existence or nonexistence of any statute. It is simply the common right that every
.... nonexistence ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1919)
"... (the jury) finding the fact of the existence or nonexistence of such degree
of insanity." The gist of this prayer is, "What was the condition of the ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1900)
"... silent as to the existence or nonexistence of a prior administration, the
appointment may be collaterally attacked by proof that there was no ..."
4. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1897)
"A medical examination in 1883 revealed the nonexistence of piles and the presence
of hernia. The fact of the incurrence of any disability at all in the ..."
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