Definitions

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  • verb To encase in a shell of non-being
  • verb The action of consciousness, which is the origin of negation in facticity.

Etymologies

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From Latin nihilō ("I reduce to nothing")

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  • what does encase in a shell of non-being even mean?

    February 22, 2021

  • Haha, sounds like a chef wrote that.

    February 22, 2021

  • Served with a coulis of existential angst. Git it while it's hot!

    February 22, 2021

  • you've heard of molecular gastronomy, get ready for existential gastronomy

    February 23, 2021