nothingness

[ nuhth-ing-nis ]
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noun
  1. the state of being nothing.

  2. something that is nonexistent: a view of humanity as suspended between infinity and nothingness.

  1. lack of being; nonexistence: The sound faded into nothingness.

  2. unconsciousness or death: She remembered a dizzy feeling, then nothingness.

  3. utter insignificance, emptiness, or worthlessness; triviality: The days followed one another in an endless procession of nothingness.

  4. something insignificant or without value.

Origin of nothingness

1
First recorded in 1625–35; nothing + -ness

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British Dictionary definitions for nothingness

nothingness

/ (ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs) /


noun
  1. the state or condition of being nothing; nonexistence

  2. absence of consciousness or life

  1. complete insignificance or worthlessness

  2. something that is worthless or insignificant

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