Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonexistence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: nonex-is-tence
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of not existing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The nonexistence of Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy came as something of a shock."
"To hear Carlson foam, you’d think that each time a devious immigrant sneaks into the United States and reaches for a voter registration form, a White American in Peoria blinks into nonexistence."

Etymology

From non- + existence.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nonexistences (plural) non-existence (alternative)

Synonyms

inexistence nonentity

Rhymes With

distance assistance existence resistance taxi distance manhattan distance persistence insistence subsistence consistence

Questions

What does nonexistence mean?: The state of not existing.
Where does nonexistence come from?: From non- + existence.

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