inexistence
State of nonbeing
Inexistence is the state of not existing—complete absence from reality.
The word is rare and philosophical, appearing mainly in discussions of what is not: The inexistence of unicorns is assumed.
It contrasts with existence more formally than "nonexistence," though the two are interchangeable.
Complete absence of existence
- nonbeingAbsence of existence
- lackDeficiency or absence
- absenceState of not being
- vacancyUnoccupied space or position
void · emptiness · nonentity · nonappearance · privation · deficiency · dearth · omission
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- nonbeingAbsence of existence
unreality · negation · immateriality · solipsism · insubstantiality · intangibility · imperceptibility · non-empirical
Absence of substance
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- vacuityUtter emptiness or blankness
hollowness · blankness · voidness · chasm · gulf · bareness · space · desolation
Quality of being imaginary
- fictionImagined narrative work
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- figmentImagined thing, unreal
illusion · chimera · phantasm · hallucination · mirage · delusion · fabrication · invention
Complete vanishing of a species
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- erasureAct of wiping away
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
cessation · termination · destruction · effacement · expunging · dematerialization · disintegration · vanishing
nothingness
Complete absence of existence
vacancy · void · emptiness · nonentity · nonappearance · privation · deficiency · dearth · omission · missing
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
nonbeing · unreality · negation · immateriality · solipsism · insubstantiality · intangibility · imperceptibility · non-empirical · phenomenology
emptiness
Absence of substance
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
vacuity · hollowness · blankness · voidness · chasm · gulf · bareness · space · desolation · oblivion
unreality
Quality of being imaginary
figment · illusion · chimera · phantasm · hallucination · mirage · delusion · fabrication · invention · unicorn
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- erasureAct of wiping away
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
dissolution · cessation · termination · destruction · effacement · expunging · dematerialization · disintegration · vanishing · disappearance
inexistenceexistence
State of being real
being · actuality · reality · presence · subsistence
inexistencemateriality
State of being consequential
substantiality · corporeality · physicality · tangibility · concreteness
exist, existence, existing, existential, nonexistent, existent, coexistence, nonexistence, coexistent