nonexistence

See also: non-existence

English

Alternative forms

• non-existence

Etymology

From non- +‎ existence.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nonexistence (countable and uncountable, plural nonexistences)

1. The state of not existing.

   The nonexistence of Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy came as something of a shock.

Synonyms

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Translations

The state of not existing

Arabic: عَدَم m (ʕadam) Catalan: inexistència f Esperanto: neekzistado French: non-existence (fr) f Greek: ανυπαρξία (el) f (anyparxía) Hindi: अनस्तित्व (hi) m (anastitva) Italian: inesistenza (it) f Japanese: 非実在 (hijitsuzai) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لەناوچوون (lenawçûn), نەمان (neman) Macedonian: непосто́ење n (nepostóenje), неби́тие n (nebítie) Polish: nieistnienie (pl) n Portuguese: inexistência (pt) f Russian: несуществова́ние (ru) m (nesuščestvovánije) Sanskrit: असत् (sa) n (asat) Slovak: neexistencia Spanish: inexistencia (es) f Ukrainian: неіснува́ння n (neisnuvánnja), небуття́ n (nebuttjá)