NONBEING Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

nonbeing

noun

Definition of nonbeing

as in nothingness

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Recent Examples of nonbeing Beloved ’s ghost is being and nonbeing, the chimerical in the flesh. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026 Most of us connect emotionally with being in that box, hammocked between being and nonbeing. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025

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Noun

The stone never does talk to Larry, and Dillard ends that story by succumbing to her faith in the nothingness.

— Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
For some of us, this is a very counterintuitive notion, as the notion of things existing within and moving through some form of empty nothingness just doesn’t make any sense.

— Big Think, Big Think, 7 May 2026

Definition of nothingness

Noun

Woodhall was born with fibula hemimelia, a shortening or nonexistence of the fibula bone, and his parents decided to have his legs amputated when the future Paralympian was 11 months old.

— Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Aside from the existential issue that is Pete's nonexistence, little else goes wrong.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026

Definition of nonexistence

Noun

God is the infinite Mind that naturally causes each individual to know right from wrong, truth from untruth, and most importantly, reality from unreality.

— Suzanne Riedel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
The passion for sports is a matter of its unrealities—its past is more myth than history.

— Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 3 June 2026

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