Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition or quality of being nothing; nonexistence.
- noun Empty space; a void.
- noun Lack of consequence; insignificance.
- noun Something inconsequential or insignificant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The absence or negation of being; nihility; non-existence.
- noun Insignificance; worthlessness.
- noun A thing of no consequence or value.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Nihility; nonexistence.
- noun The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun State of
nonexistence ; the condition of being nothing. - noun
Void ;emptiness . - noun Quality of
inconsequentiality ; lacking in significance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of nonexistence
- noun empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nirvana is commonly described as 'nothingness' or a 'void.'
Michael Brenner: The Buddha As Icon Michael Brenner 2011
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Nirvana is commonly described as 'nothingness' or a 'void.'
Michael Brenner: The Buddha As Icon Michael Brenner 2011
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Nirvana is commonly described as 'nothingness' or a 'void.'
Michael Brenner: The Buddha As Icon Michael Brenner 2011
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Nirvana is commonly described as 'nothingness' or a 'void.'
Michael Brenner: The Buddha As Icon Michael Brenner 2011
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Raoul at 38: “the amount of know nothingness is staggering.”
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Nirvana is commonly described as 'nothingness' or a 'void.'
Michael Brenner: The Buddha As Icon Michael Brenner 2011
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Until eventually a perfect unified, timeless nothingness is all that is left.
Dawkins and ID 2008
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If God's consciousness can exist in nothingness, so can mine.
Dawkins and ID 2008
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A guy looking off into nothingness is hardly an homage.
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Why would a person of reason suggest that nothingness is applicable in any shape, manner or form to m & e?
Dawkins and ID 2008
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