nothingness in American English
lack of value , worth, meaning, etc.; uselessness, emptiness, insignificance, etc.
What does word nothingness mean?
1 : the quality or state of being nothing : such as. a : nonexistence. b : utter insignificance. c : death.
What is the difference between nothing and nothingness?
Nothing is the absence of something or a void. Nothing is also associated with the idea of nothingness, where nothing exists; it is a state of non-being or non-existence.
Is there such a word as nothing?
no thing; not anything ; naught: to say nothing. no part, share, or trace (usually followed by of): The house showed nothing of its former magnificence. something that is nonexistent. nonexistence; nothingness: The sound faded to nothing.
Is nothingness an English word?
nothingness in American English
lack of value , worth, meaning, etc.; uselessness, emptiness, insignificance, etc.
Does nothingness exist?
There is no such thing as nothingness , and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing.
What type of word is nothingness?
the state of being nothing. something that is nonexistent : a view of humanity as suspended between infinity and nothingness. lack of being; nonexistence: The sound faded into nothingness.
What does overzealous mean?
: too zealous : having or showing too much zeal : excessively eager, enthusiastic, or fervent overzealous parents overzealous workers ... another version of the overzealous monitoring that has produced kids who leave for college without ever having crossed the street by themselves.—
How do you use nothingness in a sentence?
- Natalie found him looking into nothingness.
- His wealth dwindled to nothingness.
- Is there only nothingness after death?
- The inattention, the nothingness[Sentence dictionary], the neglect hurt them deeply.
- We stared into the black nothingness inside the cave.
What is nothingness in Buddhism?
In Buddhism, the meaning of “emptiness” might be different. It is beyond existence and non-existence. They believe a moment of consciousness created the universe from “emptiness”. For Taoism, “Nothingness is used to denote the state that existed before the birth of heaven and earth .”
Is nothingness an emptiness?
Emptiness is the content of a volume, or a state of something. While nothingness is an entity , emptiness is its content. It’s also a rather philosophical word, and rarely used in its practical meaning – degree of being empty (you don’t measure emptiness of a container but its fullness).
What is true nothingness?
Well, it means at least no objects (this table, etc.), no properties (it’s being made of wood, etc.), as well as no facts (the fact that it’s a table made of wood, etc). None of that sort of stuff. It also means nothing coming into existence, nothing existing, and nothing going out of existence.
What is theory of nothingness?
“Nothingness” is a philosophical term for the general state of nonexistence , sometimes reified as a domain or dimension into which things pass when they cease to exist or out of which they may come to exist, e.g., in some cultures God is understood to have created the universe ex nihilo, “out of nothing”. ...
What can I say instead of nothing but?
| merely only | just purely | simply solely | no more than but | exclusively alone |
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What can I say instead of not much?
| meagerly skimpily | barely inadequately | scarcely hardly | rarely to a lesser degree | meagrely in a lower degree |
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What can I say instead of saying nothing?
| silent uncommunicative | dumb speechless | taciturn wordless | mute quiet | unspeaking reticent |
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