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nonbeing

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nonbeing [nɒnˈbiːɪŋ]
n
(Philosophy) the philosophical problem arising from the fact that the ability to refer appears to presuppose the existence of whatever is referred to, and yet we can talk intelligibly about nonexistent objects See also subsistence [5]
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Noun1.nonbeing - the state of not being
state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
nonentity, nonexistence - the state of not existing
being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
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DAVIDSON Sadie We will place flowers on your grave and what remains of your body, but we will not accept your nonbeing because you have not left.
DEATHS by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
a sexed category that privileges sexuality at the expense of his or her position in the family-kinship system, thus making the child a nonbeing in Chinese culture" (96).
The lack of Chinese lesbians: double crossing in blue gate crossing by Ho, Aaron K.H. / Genders
He had little use for religions and belief systems that promoted states of nonbeing or surrendering to circumstances.
Albert Schweitzer and Alfred Korzybski: twentieth-century champions ... by Levinson, Martin H. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
 
 
 
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