Antonyms for non-existence


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : non-ig-zis-tuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn ɪgˈzɪs təns


Definition of non-existence

Origin :
  • 1640s; see non- + existence.
  • As in naught : adj zero
  • As in negation : noun contradiction, denial
  • As in oblivion : noun nothingness, obscurity
  • As in nothing : noun emptiness
  • As in nonentity : noun nonexistent thing
  • As in nihility : noun nothingness
  • As in nonexistence : noun nothingness
Example sentences :
  • My object was, to ascertain the existence or non-existence of Leonora's jealousy.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But it is the same thing; for eternity is the non-existence of time.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • At all events, it is as impossible to demonstrate the non-existence of the one unit as the other.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • For I declare that the truth is as I have written, and that each of us is a measure of existence and of non-existence.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • But we forget that our hero, like Tristram Shandy, is still in the limbo of non-existence.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
  • My whole being was desolate over the non-existence of another ideal.
  • Extract from : « The Ideal » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
  • This, however, does not tend to prove their non-existence in even recent days.
  • Extract from : « Trade and Travel in the Far East » by G. F. Davidson
  • Zeno would prove by his dialectic the non-existence of "the many."
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • It posits the all-comprehensiveness of mind and the non-existence of matter.
  • Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten
  • The non-existence of an antarctic continent was definitely ascertained.
  • Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne

Synonyms for non-existence

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