Nonexistence

Nonexistence
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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