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[syn: nonexistence, nonentity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nonexistence \Non`ex*ist"ence\, n.
1. The state of not existing; absence of existence; the
negation of being; -- usually used with reference to
existince in the real world, or logical possiblity; as,
the nonexistence of vaporware does not go unnoticed long.
--A. Baxter.
Syn: nonentity[1].
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. A thing that has no existence. --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nonexistence
n 1: the state of not existing [syn: nonexistence,
nonentity] [ant: being, beingness, existence]