nonbeing

IPA: nˈɑnbˈiɪŋ

Examples of "nonbeing" in Sentences

He believed that the cosmos was comprised of being, or substance, and nonbeing, or nothingness.
We must not treat terms as as if they were simple: 'nonbeing' and 'being', for they are both compound.
He was giraffe thin and much too tall but full of sinews; snapped proof of the nonbeing of Minnows with his Polaroid.
The painting's background was entirely black – the colour of mourning, the colour of night, the void between being and nonbeing.
Protestant theologian Paul Tillich talks about our affirmation of life and faith as an act of courage in the perpetual face of "nonbeing."
"The unrepentant sinner merely passes into nonbeing: which after all is what he wants, increasingly while he's alive; the prospect of new life being steadily more problematic and tiresome to him."
Through acts of courage (a necessary companion to what Tillich calls "living faith"), we learn to resist hiding every time we see dark silhouettes -- those reminders of our own nonbeing -- cast on the valley floor.