inexistence

noun
/ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstəns/

Etymology

From in- + existence.

  1. derived from *stísteh₂ti
  2. derived from existentia
  3. derived from existence
  4. inherited from existence
  5. prefixed as inexistence — “in + existence

Definitions

  1. 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; […]
    • 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.
  2. The state of existing in something

    • that there is a mutual inexistence of one in all, and all in one; […]
    • She distinguished as to this, the inexistence in God from eternity, and the figurative manifestation in time.
    • Berkeley's theory of the creature's permanent inexistence in God evoked a suspicion of pantheism.
  3. That which exists within

    That which exists within; a constituent.

    • 1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued where could they find such receptacle for their inexistence

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inexistence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA