inexistence

Definition

The state of not being, not existing, or not being perceptible.

Etymology

From in- + existence.

Example Sentences

• "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; […]"
• "In order to prove the inexistence of God, he challenged Him to strike him down in five minutes while timing himself with a watch."
• "Axiomatics (namely, that everything that will be used for the purposes of a demonstration is explained) does nothing more than formalizing this wiping clean — in other words, inexistence is posed as the condition for necessity to emerge."

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