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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nonexistence \Non'ex*ist"ence\, noun
1. The state of not existing; absence of existence; the negation of being; -- usually used with reference to existince in the real world, or logical possiblity; as, the nonexistence of vaporware does not go unnoticed long. --A. Baxter.
Syn: nonentity[1]. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. A thing that has no existence. --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
nonexistence
noun: the state of not existing [syn: {nonentity}] [ant: {being}]
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