nonexistence
noun
non·ex·is·tence
ˌnän-ig-ˈzi-stən(t)s 
: absence of existence : the negation of being
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The body simply won’t lose consciousness, and losing it is something that cannot be willed into existence, or, rather, into nonexistence.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
There are a lot of ways to interpret that, but one thing that is built into the conceit of the show is that, for the innies, the choice is work or nonexistence.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Our last conscious moment was the moment when our passing nonexistence and our final one would marry.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Giving them physical form, Byers doubles down on Rabelais’ rhetorical position but also destabilizes it by materializing the books’ nonexistence.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
There are a lot of ways to interpret that, but one thing that is built into the conceit of the show is that, for the innies, the choice is work or nonexistence.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Our last conscious moment was the moment when our passing nonexistence and our final one would marry.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Giving them physical form, Byers doubles down on Rabelais’ rhetorical position but also destabilizes it by materializing the books’ nonexistence.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Nonexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistence. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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