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Easter tells us of something children can't understand, because it addresses things they don't yet have to know: the weariness of life, the pain, the profound loneliness and hovering fear of meaninglessness.
Frederica Mathewes-Green

Meaning of "meaninglessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEANINGLESSNESS

meaninglessness  [ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEANINGLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Meaninglessness 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 MEANINGLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Meaning (existential)

In existentialism, meaning is understood as the worth of life. Meaning in existentialism is descriptive; therefore it is unlike typical, prescriptive conceptions of "the meaning of life". Due to the methods of existentialism, prescriptive or declarative statements about meaning are unjustified. Meaning is something only for an individual, it has a home only in one person. The verb "to mean" implies there is something to be taken or learned from something else; and since subjects mean different things to every individual, meaning is purely subjective. Thus it is 'subjective' or should be understood to have an 'anti-system' or 'anti-answer' sensibility.

Definition of meaninglessness in the English dictionary

The definition of meaninglessness in the dictionary is lack of meaning. Other definition of meaninglessness is lack or purpose or relevance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEANINGLESSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
boundlessness
ˈbaʊndləsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
fabulousness
ˈfæbjʊləsnəs
fatherlessness
ˈfɑːðələsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
limitlessness
ˈlɪmɪtləsnəs
mindlessness
ˈmaɪndləsnəs
seamlessness
ˈsiːmləsnəs
speechlessness
ˈspiːtʃləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs
weightlessness
ˈweɪtləsnəs
winglessness
ˈwɪŋləsnəs
worklessness
ˈwɜːkləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEANINGLESSNESS

meandrous
meane
meanie
meanies
meaning
meaningful
meaningfully
meaningfulness
meaningless
meaninglessly
meaningly
meanly
meanness
means
means of production
means of transport
means test
means-test
means-tested
meant

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEANINGLESSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of meaninglessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «meaninglessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEANINGLESSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

无意义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sinsentido
570 millions of speakers

English

meaninglessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अर्थहीनता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللامعنى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бессмысленность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insignificância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্থহীনতা আর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insignifiance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bermakna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sinnlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無意味さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무의미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana guna
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô nghĩa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருளற்றதன்மையினை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्थहीनता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anlamsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di significato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezsensowność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безглуздість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de sens
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

meaninglessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

betekenisloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

meningslöshet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meningsløshet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meaninglessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANINGLESSNESS»

The term «meaninglessness» is regularly used and occupies the 76.565 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEANINGLESSNESS» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «MEANINGLESSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word meaninglessness.
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Frederica Mathewes-Green
Easter tells us of something children can't understand, because it addresses things they don't yet have to know: the weariness of life, the pain, the profound loneliness and hovering fear of meaninglessness.
2
Errol Morris
Ecstatic absurdity: it's the confrontation with meaninglessness.
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Hanna Rosin
The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
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Scarlett Thomas
It's not even a question of whether the universe is meaningful or meaningless. It's in what way could it be meaningful, or in what way, if it was meaningful, could that be even more meaningless than normal meaninglessness?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEANINGLESSNESS»

Discover the use of meaninglessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meaninglessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Meaninglessness: The Solutions of Nietzsche, Freud, and Rorty
Framing questions of enduring significance to contemporary social and political theory in a new methodological light, this work will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in sociology, post-modernism, cultural studies, political ...
M. A. Casey, 2002
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The Banalization of Nihilism: Twentieth-Century Responses to ...
A century ago, says Carr (religious studies, Lawrence U.), nihilism was an enemy Nietzsche could battle, but now, like smog, it is so pervasive we can no longer even see it.
Karen L. Carr, 1992
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The Feeling of Meaninglessness: A Challenge to Psychotherapy ...
In this book, internationally known Viennese psychiatrist and philosopher Viktor E. Frankl, author of Man's search for Meaning, looks at the human condition in our times.
Viktor Emil Frankl, Alexander Batthyany, Andrew Tallon, 2010
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Work Alienation: An Integrative Approach
Other sociologists have characterized the state of meaninglessness as individuals' failure to understand "the very events upon which life and happiness are known to depend" (Dean 1961, p. 754) or what is going on in the world today (Middle ...
Rabindra N. Kanungo, 1982
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The Felt Meanings of the World: A Metaphysics of Feeling
By the middle of the nineteenth centuty, the belief in a tational meaning of the wotld had been supetseded by a ptevailing conviction of its tational meaninglessness. In the 1850s an empathy with Atthut Schopenhauet's pessimistic ittationalistn“ ...
Quentin Smith, 1986
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Logos of Phenomenology and Phenomenology of The Logos. Book ...
Does phenomenological neglect exist in terms of understanding the meaning of meaninglessness? What is the substance of meaninglessness and what is it that generates or produces this substance. Within the fragile human being and in ...
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2005
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Life, Death, & Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the ...
Sisyphus 's life is a paradigmatic case of meaninglessness, which Richard Taylor understands as "endless pointlessness." The picture we have of Sisyphus, he says, is not that different from the image we have of all life, including human life.
David Benatar, 2010
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Social Control and Social Change
Meaninglessness. While powerlessness refers to a low expectancy for control over the outcome of events, the meaninglessness aspect of alienation, following Seeman's lead, occurs "... when the individual is unclear as to what he ought to ...
John Paul Scott, Sarah F. Scott, 1971
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Spirituality and Mental Health Care: Rediscovering a ...
Living. with. Meaninglessness. The. Lived. Experience. of. Spirituality. in. the. Context. of. Depression. The research presented in the previous chapter utilized the standard methods of science to explore the area of spirituality, spiritual care and ...
John Swinton, 2001
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The Meaning of Life
In asserting the meaninglessness of life, we have in mind (as we ourselves clarified above) the absence in life of the absolute good and of the possibility of filling our lives with this good; that is, in asserting the meaninglessness of life, we deny ...
S. L. Frank, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEANINGLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meaninglessness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Porn star answer to the dirty business of talking pay
... earned a package of £246,000 – a figure whose precision masks its almost total meaninglessness given that it includes support and IT staff. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
'Go Set A Watchman' is not worth reading. I learned this the hard way.
“Look,” Jem is saying, “this book includes the phrase 'she would have pondered over the meaninglessness of silent, austere beauty' but not as ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
'Ant-Man' thrills on a miniature scale
Instead of increasing scale to the point of meaninglessness, where city blocks are levelled at the drop of a hat, “Ant-Man” smartly scales down ... «The Daily Collegian Online, Jul 15»
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The Quantum Realm: What To Know After You've Seen Ant-Man
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has since said that the meaninglessness of time and space in the Quantum Realm comes into play for ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
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Bono Is Still Working Through the Guilt All People Feel Who Believe …
The Innocence & Experience show is one long fuck you to meaninglessness. It is more ballet than music, more theater than rock, more art show ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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How fashion brands are urging us to rethink 'nude' when it comes to …
... an infuriatingly lazy and politically incorrect term – much like 'ethnic' and 'tribal' – used (and misused) to the point of meaninglessness. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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A Tiring Tale of Existential Angst
... as an aimless, depthless contemporary global soul, who skims through surfaces of experiences, a kind of philosopher of meaninglessness. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Mother's little helper
Meaninglessness gives way to despair. With nearly 30 million cases of clinical depression diagnosed in the U.S., a writer for Psychology Today ... «Bucks County Courier Times, Jul 15»
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If not peace, what?
It's almost impossible for normal people to believe that, if not for American neoconservatives unaccountably fretful about the meaninglessness ... «Crikey, Jul 15»
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David Roth's Weak In Review: My Week Without Sports
... the upcoming weeks of sun-squashed and mostly meaningless midseason baseball, is free of these little cul de sacs of meaninglessness. «VICE, Jul 15»

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