nothingness
[
nuhth
-ing-nis]
/ˈnʌθ ɪŋ nɪs/
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
Examples from the web for
nothingness
It's that wide-open feeling of
nothingness
that attracts thousands of tourists from around the world, me included.
Ceremonial offering of light to the void of
nothingness
.
The branding thing is completely out of control, but it started as nothing and maintains its
nothingness
.
Most of the time, the seafloor scrolls by as a stream of
nothingness
.
Wombat's mind formed out of the
nothingness
of the universe and as such it is his own, uniquely formed taking nothing from no one.
Towards the end, consciousness itself grew lost in a roseate haze, and melted into
nothingness
.
Above me, in the intense blue of the summer sky, some faint brown shreds of cloud whirled into
nothingness
.
Even being knocked out for surgery doesn't quite do it for me in conceptualizing total
nothingness
.
The average neurotic can keep his
nothingness
to himself.
Others will prefer to stand in awe of a universe that they suspect began as a quantum fluctuation in pre-existing
nothingness
.
British Dictionary definitions for
nothingness
nothingness
/
ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs
/
noun
1.
the state or condition of being nothing; nonexistence
2.
absence of consciousness or life
3.
complete insignificance or worthlessness
4.
something that is worthless or insignificant
Word Origin and History for
nothingness
n.
"nonexistence," 1630s, from
nothing
+
-ness
.