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One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature.
Emile Durkheim

Meaning of "emptiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPTINESS

emptiness  [ˈɛmptɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPTINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Emptiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EMPTINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

emptiness

Emptiness

Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom, social alienation and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompany dysthymia, depression, loneliness, anhedonia, despair, or other mental/emotional disorders, including schizoid personality disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and borderline personality disorder. A sense of emptiness is also part of a natural process of grief, as resulting of separation, death of a loved one, or other significant changes. However, the particular meanings of “emptiness” vary with the particular context and the religious or cultural tradition in which it is used. While Christianity and Western sociologists and psychologists view a state of emptiness as a negative, unwanted condition, in some Eastern philosophies such as Buddhist philosophy and Taoism, emptiness is a realized achievement. Outside of Eastern philosophy, some writers have also suggested that people may use a transitory state of emptiness as a means of liberating themselves for personal growth.

Definition of emptiness in the English dictionary

The definition of emptiness in the dictionary is absence of content. Other definition of emptiness is absence of meaning.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMPTINESS


battiness
ˈbætɪnəs
bittiness
ˈbɪtɪnəs
chitinous
ˈkaɪtɪnəs
cretinous
ˈkrɛtɪnəs
dustiness
ˈdʌstɪnəs
fattiness
ˈfætɪnəs
faultiness
ˈfɔːltɪnəs
feistiness
ˈfaɪstɪnəs
flightiness
ˈflaɪtɪnəs
frostiness
ˈfrɒstɪnəs
fruitiness
ˈfruːtɪnəs
gelatinous
dʒɪˈlætɪnəs
glutinous
ˈɡluːtɪnəs
grittiness
ˈɡrɪtɪnəs
keratinous
kəˈrætɪnəs
mateyness
ˈmeɪtɪnəs
mountainous
ˈmaʊntɪnəs
mutinous
ˈmjuːtɪnəs
nuttiness
ˈnʌtɪnəs
ricketiness
ˈrɪkɪtɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPTINESS

empt
emptiable
emptied
emptier
empties
emptiest
emptily
emptins
emption
emptional
empty
empty calories
empty cow
Empty Quarter
empty-handed
empty-headed
empty-nest syndrome
empty-nester
emptysis

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPTINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of emptiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EMPTINESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «emptiness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of emptiness

Translation of «emptiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMPTINESS

Find out the translation of emptiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of emptiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «emptiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空虚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vacío
570 millions of speakers

English

emptiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खालीपन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفراغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пустота
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vazio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শূন্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekosongan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leere
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

>むなしさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공허감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekosongan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trống rỗng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெறுமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शून्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boşluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vuoto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pustka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порожнеча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

goliciune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κενότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leegheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tomhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of emptiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPTINESS»

The term «emptiness» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPTINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «emptiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «emptiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about emptiness

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10 QUOTES WITH «EMPTINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word emptiness.
1
Isabelle Adjani
Nothingness not being nothing, nothingness being emptiness.
2
Billie Joe Armstrong
If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
3
Bob Beauprez
Terri's death brings to a close a very tragic, human and personal event that has left everyone with a feeling of emptiness, regardless of what side of the issue you may have been on.
4
John Desmond Bernal
As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.
5
Robert Bly
The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.
6
Italo Calvino
A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno.
7
Nick Denton
Henry Blodget does occasionally have a new idea. If you're making a point about aggregation or the emptiness of modern journalism, he's far from the best target. Try Huffpo - or Gawker writers whose souls have been corroded by irony.
8
Emile Durkheim
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature.
9
Arthur Erickson
Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.
10
Marilyn French
Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPTINESS»

Discover the use of emptiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to emptiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Meditation on Emptiness
In this major work, Jeffrey Hopkins, on e of the world's foremost scholar-practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, offers a clear exposition of the Prasangika-Madhyamaka view of emptiness as presented in the Ge-luk-ba tradition of Tibetan ...
Jeffrey Hopkins, 2014
2
Emptiness Dancing: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition
In Emptiness Dancing, Adyashanti invites you to wake up to the essence of what you are, through the natural and spontaneous opening of mind, heart, and body that holds the secret to happiness and liberation.
Adyashanti, 2009
3
Empire of Emptiness: Buddhist Art and Political Authority in ...
Their pictorial, sculptural, and architectural projects escape easy analysis and raise questions about the nature of hybridity, the commensurability of different visual styles, the difference between verbal and pictorial description, the ...
Patricia Ann Berger, 2003
4
The Emptiness of the Image: Psychoanalysis and Sexual ...
How do these images succeed in their challenge ? The Emptiness of the Image offers a psychoanalytic answer. Parveen Adams argues that, despite flaws in some of the details of its arguments, psychoanalytic theory retains an.
Parveen Adams, 2013
5
Journeys Into Emptiness: Dōgen, Merton, Jung, and the Quest ...
"Journeys into Emptiness traces the lives of three famous religious seekers and their quests for personal transcendence.
Robert Jingen Gunn, 2000
6
Emptiness: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
Emptiness tackles an oft-misunderstood topic in the Buddhist religion. Here, emptiness does not imply a nihilistic worldview but rather the idea that a permanent entity doesn't exist in any single phenomenon or being.
Tashi Tsering, Gordon McDougall, 2009
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Elaborations on Emptiness - Uses of the Heart Sutra
"This scholarly book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the content and role of a key text. It also shows how the text has given rise to different interpretations over the centuries.
Donald S. Lopez, 1998
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Emptiness Appraised: A Critical Study of Nāgārjuna's Philosophy
A thorough comparative study of the uses and meanings of the notion of emptiness throughout the history of Buddhism was certainly a desideratum, which this present work fulfils.
David F. Burton, 1999
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The Cult of Emptiness: The Western Discovery of Buddhist ...
Pt.I Sixteenth century : Translation hazards -- The zen shock -- The Buddha's progress -- Chaos and the God of Zen -- Valignano's lectures and Catechism -- Buddhist philosophy -- God's Samadhi -- Pt.II Seventeenth century : Oriental Ur ...
Urs App, 2012
10
Reading Emptiness: Buddhism and Literature
Concludes that the closest thing in Western culture to the Middle Way of Buddhism is not any sort of theory or philosophy, but the practice of literature.
Jeff Humphries, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPTINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term emptiness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rand Paul compared taxation to slavery — and betrayed the …
Rand Paul compared taxation to slavery — and betrayed the emptiness of his political philosophy. Ryan Cooper. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
2
The Anger of the Legions
Julien Boisfeuras, the China-born son of a colonial merchant, has already seen the emptiness of French imperialism and announces to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
'Self/Less' is a tired retread of a better movie
... by memories from conflicting sources. Singh's elan buys him some time, but ultimately there's no concealing the emptiness of the enterprise. «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
4
Banks, Brilliant Innovation and the Evolution of NGOs
... full of people who were absolutely brilliant, many of whom had really deep values but who felt the similar emptiness. They loved their work. «Triple Pundit, Jul 15»
5
Restaurant owner returns from month-long vacation to find home …
“It's a feeling of emptiness inside, like someone kind of took a chunk out of you,” Pisinos said. Pisinos said they used his trailer and stole ... «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»
6
Cycling the Appian Way
... those presents come Christmas morning, you're only left to console yourself with the emptiness of materialism and debauchery of over-eating ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
'If I didn't have my other children to care for I wouldn't be here, the …
“I have never felt heartache like this and time is not healing it, it is just adding to the loss and emptiness. Shabaz Ali was jailed for seven years ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
8
Durham Cathedral hosts Belgium First World War casualty book
Val said: “The chairs represent the emptiness that would have been physically present within many homes and communal sites. The empty ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
9
What You're Listening To: Robert Leather burns with 'Bad Honeymoon'
The harmonies and understated instrumentation contribute to the sense of emptiness, which makes it all the more powerful when, near the end ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
10
My Freedom, My Pride
Kill it with your sword of economics and put up a slick, shiny structure full of emptiness instead and you are killing my freedom. And that of every ... «Outlook, Jul 15»

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