nonentity
a person or thing of no importance.
something that does not exist or exists only in imagination.
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How to use nonentity in a sentence
The Republican Party, now at the nadir of its popularity, is becoming more than a non-entity among young people.
They will not admit the teaching of the Eleatics, who, when they say "There is only One," add expressly that non-entity is not.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. | VariousSince it is foreign from all these, it cannot merit the appellation of being, but is deservedly called non-entity.
An Essay on the Beautiful | Plotinus(Entity) does not spring from non-entity on account of that not being observed.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya | Translator: George ThibautTo this Bauddha tenet we reply, '(Entity does) not (spring) from non-entity, on account of that not being observed.'
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya | Translator: George Thibaut
At the first, says the Rig-Veda, there was neither non-entity nor entity, and all was water wrapped in gloom.
An Introduction to Mythology | Lewis Spence
British Dictionary definitions for nonentity
/ (ˌnɒnˈɛntɪtɪ) /
an insignificant person or thing
a nonexistent thing
the state of not existing; nonexistence
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