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non-being noun[ U ] (alsononbeing)uk /ˌnɒnˈbiː.ɪŋ/ us /ˌnɑːnˈbiː.ɪŋ/ the state of not existing or of no longer existing: We are living creatures capable of imagining our own death; beings capable of imagining non-being. Zero, which was once a symbol of the void, of absence, of nonbeing, is now just a location on a number line. In the Buddhist realm of nonbeing, form and have no name. Hamlet's long meditation on being and nonbeing is the most overfamiliar of theatrical speeches. The death instinct is the idea that unconsciously we all long for death, for non-being, because being is so painful. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Non-existence and not being absence absent aren't defunct die disappear extinct extinguishment lamented negation non-body non-existent non-extant now defunct presence seronegative such there's no such thing/person (as)idiom unfulfilled wasn't |