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Definition of Nonentity
1. Noun. The state of not existing.
Generic synonyms: Nonbeing
Specialized synonyms: Irreality, Unreality, Nihility, Nothingness, Nullity, Void, Impossibility, Impossibleness
Antonyms: Existence
Derivative terms: Nonexistent
2. Noun. A person of no influence.
Generic synonyms: Common Man, Common Person, Commoner
Specialized synonyms: Pip-squeak, Small Fry, Squirt, Jackanapes, Lightweight, Whippersnapper
Definition of Nonentity
1. n. Nonexistence; the negation of being.
Definition of Nonentity
1. Noun. an unimportant or insignificant person ¹
2. Noun. : the state of not existing; nonexistence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonentity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonentity
Literary usage of Nonentity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1872)
"48), we find it thus declared (verses 2, 3), that in the beginning nonentity was
the source of entity: "In the earliest age of the gods entity sprang from ..."
2. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... the Presidency — Secretary Borie a nonentity — Admiral Porter's Order to Change
the Names of Men-of-War — The Alabama Question and the British Public. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"I. No one, no person, not any one, ably. cipher, nonentity. not anybody. 2. ...
nonentity, n. I. Inexistence, non-existence. 2. Not any, not a part, ..."
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