NONEXISTENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does nonexistence mean? • NONEXISTENCE (noun)
The noun NONEXISTENCE has 1 sense:
1. the state of not existing
Familiarity information: NONEXISTENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NONEXISTENCE (noun)
Meaning:
The state of not existing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
nonentity; nonexistence
Hypernyms ("nonexistence" is a kind of...):
nonbeing (the state of not being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonexistence"):
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)
Antonym:
existence (the state or fact of existing)
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