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inexistence

  • /ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstəns/

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From in- + existence.

noun inexistences

  1. uncountable, usually The state of not being, not existing, or not being perceptible. Our inexistence indeed was a condition, wherein nothing in us was capable of being a motive of God's love; but our enmity proceeded further, and made us worthy of his detestation; […]

    Similar: nonexistence

  2. uncountable, usually The state of existing in something that there is a mutual inexistence of one in all, and all in one; […]
  3. uncountable, usually That which exists within; a constituent. 1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued where could they find such receptacle for their inexistence

    Similar: inherence

Similar: absence, lack, existlessness, inexistence, mu, nihility, nonbeing, nothingness, notness, unbeing, unexistence · Opposite: existence

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@misc{inexistence_2026,
  title = {inexistence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inexistence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}