inexistence

Roget category 2

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.1. Existence
›› 1.1.1. Being, in the abstract

#2. Inexistence

noun

inexistence^† — nonexistence, nonsubsistence — nonentity, nil — negativeness etc. adj. — nullity — nihility^†, nihilism — tabula rasa [Lat.], blank — abeyance — absence etc. 187 — no such thing etc. 4 — nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion.
annihilation — extinction etc. (destruction) 162 — extinguishment, extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration.

verb

not exist etc. 1 — have no existence etc. 1 — be null and void — cease to exist etc. 1 — pass away, perish — be extinct, become extinct etc. adj. — die out — disappear etc. 449 — melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind — go, be no more — die etc. 360.
annihilate, render null, nullify — abrogate etc. 756 — destroy etc. 162 — take away — remove etc. (displace) 185 — obliterate, extirpate.

adjective

inexistent^†, nonexistent etc. 1 — negative, blank — missing, omitted — absent etc. 187 — insubstantial, shadowy, spectral, visionary.
unreal, potential, virtual — baseless, in nubibus [Lat.] — unsubstantial etc. 4 — vain.
unborn, uncreated^†, unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade.
perished, annihilated, etc. v. — extinct, exhausted, gone, lost, vanished, departed, gone with the wind — defunct etc. (dead) 360.
fabulous, ideal etc. (imaginary) 515, supposititious etc. 514.

adverb

negatively, virtually etc. adj..

phrase

non ens [Lat.].

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