Definition of nonexistence
:absence of existence :the negation of being
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After all, one implication of the center’s nonexistence is that parties have a lot more freedom to move the poles of America’s political debate than is popularly believed.
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Pacific Islanders are constantly dealing with being ethnically cleansed into nonexistence.
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While intelligence officials do not normally discuss the existence or nonexistence of surveillance warrants, no law prevents Mr. Comey from issuing the statement.
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There was no perceivable difference between his existence and nonexistence, as far as any of us were concerned.
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The playwright Mr. Bock makes good on the presumptuous promise of his title, with a comprehensive micro-macro look at one middle-aged gay man’s existence, in which even nonexistence becomes a coup de théâtre.
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First Known Use of nonexistence
1646
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