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单词 nonent
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nonentn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: Latin non ent-, non ens.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin non ent-, non ens non-ens n., after ancient Greek μὴ ὄν. Compare ent n.2 N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nǫ·nent) /ˈnɒnɛnt/.
Philosophy. Obsolete. rare.
That which does not exist.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > that which is non-existent
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nonent1885
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 315/2 In the truism ‘the Ent is, the Nonent is not’, ὄν ἔστι, μὴ ὄν οὐκ ἔστι, Parmenides breaks with his predecessors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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