nonexistence

About 0.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state of not existing.

   The nonexistence of Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy came as something of a shock.

Similar words

non-existence inexistence unexistence nonentity existencelessness nonbeing emptiness unbeing nothingness existlessness

Often followed by

of is and in or to as are can

Word family

nonexistences