Meanings
plural nonexistences · alternative non-existence
- countableuncountableThe state of not existing.
The nonexistence of Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy came as something of a shock.
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To hear Carlson foam, you’d think that each time a devious immigrant sneaks into the United States and reaches for a voter registration form, a White American in Peoria blinks into nonexistence.
2022 May 17, Philip Bump, “‘Great replacement theory’ is ignorant both broadly and narrowly”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 18 May 2022Synonyms: inexistence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of not existing.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishexistence
- Englishnonexistence
Translations
Arabic عَدَم
- عَدَم (ʕadam)The state of not existing
Catalan inexistència
- inexistènciaThe state of not existing
Esperanto neekzistado
- neekzistadoThe state of not existing
Finnish olemattomuus, olemassaolemattomuus
- olemattomuusThe state of not existing
- olemassaolemattomuusThe state of not existing
French non-existence
- non-existenceThe state of not existing
Greek ανυπαρξία
- ανυπαρξία (anyparxía)The state of not existing
Hindi अनस्तित्व
- अनस्तित्व (anastitva)The state of not existing
Italian inesistenza
- inesistenzaThe state of not existing
Japanese 非実在
- 非実在 (hijitsuzai)The state of not existing
Polish nieistnienie
- nieistnienieThe state of not existing
Portuguese inexistência
- inexistênciaThe state of not existing
Russian несуществова́ние
- несуществова́ние (nesuščestvovánije)The state of not existing
Slovak neexistencia
- neexistenciaThe state of not existing
Spanish inexistencia
- inexistenciaThe state of not existing
Ukrainian неіснува́ння, небуття́
- неіснува́ння (neisnuvánnja)The state of not existing
- небуття́ (nebuttjá)The state of not existing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nonexistence
Cite this entry
nonexistence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexistence
“nonexistence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexistence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonexistence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexistence.
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