Nonexistence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonexistence
       n : the state of not existing [syn: {nonentity}] [ant: {being}]