nonexistence

• non-existence

From non- + existence.

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nonexistence (countable and uncountable, plural nonexistences)

1. The state of not existing.

   The nonexistence of Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy came as something of a shock.

   • 2022 May 17, Philip Bump, “‘Great replacement theory’ is ignorant both broadly and narrowly”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 May 2022:

     To hear Carlson foam, you’d think that each time a devious immigrant sneaks into the United States and reaches for a voter registration form, a White American in Peoria blinks into nonexistence.

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