inexistence

Noun

inexistence (usually uncountable, plural inexistences)

1. (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; […]1648, Robert Boyle, Seraphic Love, Kessinger, published 1997, →ISBN, page 57
   • In order to prove the inexistence of God, he challenged Him to strike him down in five minutes while timing himself with a watch.1941, Giuseppe di Gioia, Swift are the Shadows, page 78

   Synonyms:

   nonexistence

2. (usually) The state of existing in something
   • that there is a mutual inexistence of one in all, and all in one; […]1663, Isaac Barrow, “A Defence of the Blessed Trinity”, in The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow, published 1830, page 188
   • She distinguished as to this, the inexistence in God from eternity, and the figurative manifestation in time.1854, Christopher Walton, Notes and Materials for an Adequate Biography of the Celebrated Divine and Theosopher: William Law, page 207
3. (usually) That which exists within; a constituent.
   • where could they find such receptacle for their inexistence1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued

   Synonyms:

   inherence