Unbeing

//ʌnˈbiːɪŋ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nonexistence. uncountable

    "What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive."

  2. 2
    A nonbeing; an entity of no existence or significance. countable

    "The house is pale as though its life-blood were sucked and the Cabots reduced to unbeings."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not in existence, nonexistent. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Beings yet unbeing"

Synonyms

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inexistencenullibiety

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"What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive."

Etymology

From Middle English unbeing, equivalent to un- + being.

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