NONEXISTENCE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

nonexistent (not having existence or being or actuality)