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nonexistence

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non·ex·is·tence  (nng-zstns)
n.
1. The condition of not existing.
2. Something that does not exist.
nonex·istent adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
Translations
nonexistence [ˌnɒnɪgˈzɪst/əns] n → inesistenza
nonexistence [ˌnɒnɪgˈzɪst/əns] n → inesistenza


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Harriet did think him all perfection, and maintained the nonexistence of any body equal to him in person or goodnessand did, in truth, prove herself more resolutely in love than Emma had foreseen; but yet it appeared to her so natural, so inevitable to strive against an inclination of that sort unrequited, that she could not comprehend its continuing very long in equal force.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
His way of ignoring people whose presence inconvenienced him actually gave them, if they were sensitive to it, a feeling of invisibility, of nonexistence.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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