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noth·ing·ness

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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.

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

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

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

6.	something insignificant or without value.

[Origin: 1625–35; nothing + -ness

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noth·ing·ness Audio Help (nŭth'ĭng-nĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.

The condition or quality of being nothing; nonexistence.
Empty space; a void.
Lack of consequence; insignificance.
Something inconsequential or insignificant.

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nothingness
noun
1.	the state of nonexistence
2.	empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: wind]

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈnothingness noun

the state of being nothing or of not existing; emptiness

Arabic:	لا شَيْئِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	无
Chinese (Traditional):	無
Czech:	nicota; prázdnota
Danish:	intethed; intet; tomhed
Dutch:	niets
Estonian:	olematus
Finnish:	olemattomuus
French:	néant
German:	die Nichtigkeit
Greek:	ανυπαρξία, κενότητα
Hungarian:	semmi, űr
Icelandic:	tóm, ekkert
Indonesian:	kekosongan
Italian:	nulla

Japanese:	無
Korean:	존재하지 않음, 죽음, 공허
Latvian:	nekas; tukšums; nebūtība
Lithuanian:	niekas, tuštuma
Norwegian:	tomhet, intethet
Polish:	nicość
Portuguese (Brazil):	nada
Portuguese (Portugal):	nada
Romanian:	neant
Russian:	ничтожность; ничто
Slovak:	ničota
Slovenian:	ničnost
Spanish:	nada, vacío
Swedish:	intighet, intet
Turkish:	yokluk, hiçlik

See also: come to nothing, for nothing, have nothing to do with, make nothing of, mean nothing to, next to nothing, nothing, nothing but, nothing doing!, there is nothing to it, think nothing of, to say nothing of

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