Antonyms for non-entity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : non-en-ti-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : nɒnˈɛn tɪ ti |
Definition of non-entity
Origin :- also nonentity, c.1600, "something which does not exist," from non- + entity. Meaning "a person or thing of no importance" is attested from 1710.
- As in nobody/nonentity : noun person of little importance
- As in nothing/nothingness : noun emptiness, nonexistence
- As in zero : noun nothing
- As in nobody : noun unimportant person
- As in nothing : noun emptiness
- As in mediocrity : noun a mediocre person
- As in nonentity : noun nullity
- As in nonentity : noun nonexistent thing
- As in nullity : noun nothing
- As in cipher : noun zero; nothingness
- As in figurehead : noun person who is leader in name only
- They shrink into non-entity, when touched by the wand of truth.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Emma Courtney » by Mary Hays
- However useless the demonstration otherwise, philosophy does well in proving that matter is a non-entity.
- Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond
- They will not admit the teaching of the Eleatics, who, when they say "There is only One," add expressly that non-entity is not.
- Extract from : « The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. » by Various
- That which is absolutely without the domain of the intelligible is absolutely unintelligible and therefore a non-entity.
- Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume III; Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. » by E. Rameur
- We could not communicate; for the being to whom our communication was addressed we were satisfied was a non-entity.
- Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
- Braanol stirred, throbbed sluggishly once, then lay quiescent as his mental self surged up from the deeps of non-entity.
- Extract from : « Walls of Acid » by Henry Hasse
- He was, as it were, weighing entity and non-entity in careful, metaphorical scales.
- Extract from : « Little Nobody » by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
- He has at the outset the not inconsiderable advantage of being an entity instead of a non-entity.
- Extract from : « God and Mr. Wells » by William Archer
- (Entity) does not spring from non-entity on account of that not being observed.
- Extract from : « The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya » by Translator: George Thibaut
- To this Bauddha tenet we reply, '(Entity does) not (spring) from non-entity, on account of that not being observed.'
- Extract from : « The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya » by Translator: George Thibaut
Synonyms for non-entity
- annihilation
- aught
- bagatelle
- blank
- bottom
- cipher
- commoner
- crumb
- diddly
- diddly squat
- duck egg
- extinction
- fly speck
- front
- goose egg
- insignificancy
- lightweight
- little guy
- love
- lowest point
- menial
- mouthpiece
- nada
- nadir
- naught
- nihility
- nil
- nix
- no thing
- nobody
- nominal head
- nonbeing
- nonentity
- nonexistence
- not anything
- nothing
- nothingness
- nought
- nullity
- obliteration
- oblivion
- ought
- parvenu
- puppet
- rock bottom
- scratch
- shutout
- small fry
- small potato
- squat
- squirt
- straw boss
- straw person
- titular head
- token
- trifle
- upstart
- void
- wimp
- wind
- zero
- zilch
- zip
- zippo
- zot
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