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non-existence

non-existence is the alternative spelling of nonexistence.

Meaning of nonexistence

Noun

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.
    Synonyms:
    inexistence

Questions about non-existence

What is non-existence the alternative spelling of?
Non-existence is the alternative spelling of nonexistence.

Words near non-existence in the dictionary

  1. non-exempt
  2. non-exhaust
  3. non-exhaustive
  4. non-exhaustively
  5. non-existant
  6. non-existence
  7. non-existent
  8. non-expert
  9. non-experts
  10. non-expository
  11. non-facial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-existence (page history and authors); nonexistence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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