non-existence
State of nothing
Non-existence is the state of not existing—complete absence from reality.
Philosophy distinguishes between things that once existed but no longer do, things that might exist but don't, and things that cannot possibly exist.
In everyday use, non-existence often emphasizes total absence: The report confirmed the non-existence of any such agreement.
Also spelled nonexistence.
Complete erasure from memory
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- nullityComplete absence or invalidity
- nonbeingAbsence of existence
- nonentityUnimportant person or thing
naught · void · negation · zero · blankness · vacuity · cipher · nil
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- limboState of uncertain waiting
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
nothingness · vacuum · formlessness · uncreated · unmanifest · potentiality · nonbeing · emptiness
oblivion
Complete erasure from memory
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- nullityComplete absence or invalidity
- nonbeingAbsence of existence
nonentity · naught · void · negation · zero · blankness · vacuity · cipher · nil · emptiness
void
Without legal effect
infinity · nothingness · vacuum · formlessness · uncreated · unmanifest · potentiality · nonbeing · emptiness · mu
lack
Deficiency or absence
dearth · deficiency · gap · privation · shortage · paucity · insufficiency · omission · missing · unavailability
illusion
Misleading sensory impression
fabrication · figment · chimera · delusion · mirage · phantasm · invention · falsehood · imaginary · untruth
- Greek metaphysicsbeing, nothingness, Plato, Aristotle, forms
non-existenceexistence
State of being real
being · reality · subsistence · presence · actuality
non-existenceexistence
State of being real
reality · actuality · life · materiality · corporeality