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Meaning of inexistence | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌɪnɪɡˈzɪstəns

Definitions

  1. The state of not being, not existing, or not being perceptible.
  2. The state of existing in something
  3. That which exists within; a constituent.

Equivalents

Français inexistence

Examples

“Our inexistence indeed was a condition, wherein nothing in us was capable of being a motive of God's love; but our enmity proceeded further, and made us worthy of his detestation; […]”
“In order to prove the inexistence of God, he challenged Him to strike him down in five minutes while timing himself with a watch.”
“Axiomatics (namely, that everything that will be used for the purposes of a demonstration is explained) does nothing more than formalizing this wiping clean — in other words, inexistence is posed as the condition for necessity to emerge.”
“that there is a mutual inexistence of one in all, and all in one; […]”
“She distinguished as to this, the inexistence in God from eternity, and the figurative manifestation in time.”
“Berkeley's theory of the creature's permanent inexistence in God evoked a suspicion of pantheism.”
“1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued where could they find such receptacle for their inexistence”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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