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I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was... nothingness.
Frances Farmer

Meaning of "nothingness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NOTHINGNESS

nothingness  [ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOTHINGNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nothingness 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 NOTHINGNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nothing

Nothing is a pronoun denoting the absence of anything. Nothing is a pronoun associated with nothingness. In nontechnical uses, nothing denotes things lacking importance, interest, value, relevance, or significance. Nothingness is the state of being nothing, the state of nonexistence of anything, or the property of having nothing.

Definition of nothingness in the English dictionary

The first definition of nothingness in the dictionary is the state or condition of being nothing; nonexistence. Other definition of nothingness is absence of consciousness or life. Nothingness is also complete insignificance or worthlessness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOTHINGNESS


awareness
əˈwɛənɪs
business
ˈbɪznɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
Denis
ˈdɛnɪs
Dennis
ˈdɛnɪs
effectiveness
ɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
graspingness
ˈɡrɑːspɪŋnɪs
happiness
ˈhæpɪnɪs
illness
ˈɪlnɪs
misbecomingness
ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌmɪŋnɪs
penis
ˈpiːnɪs
sufficingness
səˈfaɪsɪŋnɪs
tennis
ˈtɛnɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
unerringness
ʌnˈɜːrɪŋnɪs
unwillingness
ʌnˈwɪlɪŋnɪs
willingness
ˈwɪlɪŋnɪs
wrongness
ˈrɒŋnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOTHINGNESS

nothing
nothing but
nothing doing
nothing for it
nothing if not
nothing in it
nothing less than
nothing loath
nothing to choose between
nothing to write home about
nothingarian
nothingarianism
nothingism
notice
notice board
noticeability
noticeable
noticeably
noticeboard
noticer

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOTHINGNESS

beingness
belongingness
bigness
boringness
cunningness
fittingness
flowingness
in the wilderness
interestingness
knowingness
lovingness
overweeningness
pressingness
smugness
snugness
strikingness
teemingness
temptingness
trigness
trustingness
unfeelingness

Synonyms and antonyms of nothingness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NOTHINGNESS»

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

Translation of «nothingness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOTHINGNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

虚无
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la nada
570 millions of speakers

English

nothingness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शून्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ничто
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনস্তিত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

néant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tiada apa-apa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nichts
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boten wonten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hư vô
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒன்றுமில்லாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शून्यपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hiçlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il nulla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nicość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ніщо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nimic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανυπαρξία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

niks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intethet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nothingness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOTHINGNESS»

The term «nothingness» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOTHINGNESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «NOTHINGNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nothingness.
1
Isabelle Adjani
Nothingness not being nothing, nothingness being emptiness.
2
Tadao Ando
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
3
Samuel Beckett
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
4
Emil Cioran
The capital phenomenon, the most catastrophic disaster, is uninterrupted sleeplessness, that nothingness without release.
5
Kim Elizabeth
Nothing is more dreadful in life than the profound thought that death may only greet you with eternal nothingness.
6
Tracey Emin
When you're 20 or 30, looking ahead, you see these benchmarks for relationships, career, ambition, sexuality, and they went off into infinity. When you get to 50, you look at what's ahead of you, and there's an end. It goes into a nothingness, a void.
7
Frances Farmer
I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was... nothingness.
8
Bede Griffiths
God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.
9
Tom Hooper
I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness.
10
Pope John XXIII
The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOTHINGNESS»

Discover the use of nothingness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nothingness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Being and Nothingness
As one of the seminal works of existentialist theory, and thus a pinnacle of twentieth-century philosophy, Being and Nothingness is a fundamental text for anyone interested in the field.
Jean-Paul Sartre, 2012
2
Being and Nothingness
Sartre explains the theory of existential psychoanalysis in this treatise on human reality
Jean-Paul Sartre, 1956
3
Philosophers of Nothingness: An Essay on the Kyoto School
Philosophers of Nothingness examines the three principal figures of what has come to be known as the "Kyoto school" -- Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji -- and shows how this original current of twentieth-century Japanese ...
James W. Heisig, 2001
4
Being and Nothingness: An Essay in Phenomenological Ontology
A new trade edition of Sartre's magnum opus. First published in 1943, this masterpiece defines the modern condition and still holds relevance for today's readers.
Jean-Paul Sartre, 2001
5
Religion and Nothingness
Religion and Nothingness represents the major work of one of Japan's most powerful and committed philosophical minds.
Keiji Nishitani, 1983
6
A Commentary on Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness
"[A Commentary on Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness] represents, I believe, a very important beginning of a deservingly serious effort to make the whole of Being and Nothingness more readily understandable and readable.
Joseph S. Catalano, 1980
7
Nothingness: The Science of Empty Space
With crystal-clear prose and more than 100 cleverly rendered illustrations, physicist Henning Genz takes the reader from the metaphysical speculations of the ancient Greek philosophers, through the theories of Newton and the early ...
Henning Genz, 2009
8
The Experience Of Nothingness Sri Nisargadatta Maharaja`S ...
In this volume, Nisargadatta clearly demonstrates that logic and spirituality do not necessarily stand in opposition to one another.
Robert Powell, 2003
9
Clothed in Nothingness: Consolation for Suffering
Clothed in Nothingness provides practical and theological considerations for pastoral care and insights from the Lutheran tradition for coping with suffering.
Leonard M. Hummel
10
Nothingness: Tadao Ando's Christian Sacred Space
Based round an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando’s Christian architecture, and sheds new light on the cultural significance of the buildings of one the world’s ...
Jin Baek, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOTHINGNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nothingness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
White people have a race — but everyone flips out when we talk …
... White People, wrote for the New York Times, whiteness is often perceived as being "on toggle switch between 'bland nothingness' and 'racist ... «Vox, Jul 15»
2
Filmmaker, Jazz Flutist, Oil Painter: Jack Kevorkian Lived His …
After all, how excruciating can nothingness be? This is not to say that all of Kevorkian's paintings were gruesome. He also created a handful of ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
3
5 job search myths you need to stop believing
Others send out automated “we received your application” emails, followed by an abyss of nothingness. Some simply hear radio silence. «USA TODAY College, Jul 15»
4
Shade Court: Two Shady Queens, Drake Tries to Ignore Meek Mill
This old bird looks like she can throw some expert shade when she wants to and you pin this sad-sack nothingness on her instead. Stop using ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
5
Michael Jackson Was Almost in Star Wars
... Vice, Ahmed Best, the actor who played Jar Jar in the second Star Wars trilogy, discusses his turbulent journey from nothingness to notoriety. «Vulture, Jul 15»
6
Q&A: Guillaume Côté, the Toronto dancer who's using video to keep …
That production company is currently at work on a third video, a clip of Côté's Sartre-inspired Being and Nothingness. Côté is also artistic ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
7
'Irrational Man' is a meditation on meaning and murder
... and seeing “the hideous lonely emptiness of existence, nothingness, the predicament of man forced to live in a barren, godless eternity”? «OCRegister, Jul 15»
8
Books blog: The awe-inspiring fortitude of the Martyrs of Compiegne
... one that all her writings reflect: that we can do nothing on our own; yet by acknowledging this nothingness and not vainly attempting to rely on ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
9
Are We Going Towards a Post-Israel Middle East?
It was European civilization that died during the Holocaust, swallowing up all of the Jewish communities in its own nothingness. This is the ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
10
EARTH MEANDERS ESSAY Biosphere Collapse: The Biggest …
... mean worsening widespread ecological havoc, mass death and the bad sort of anarchy, before humanity and Earth drop into nothingness. «The People's Voice, Jul 15»

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