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Meaning of "purposelessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURPOSELESSNESS

purposelessness  [ˈpɜːpəsləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURPOSELESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purposelessness 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 PURPOSELESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of purposelessness in the English dictionary

The definition of purposelessness in the dictionary is the condition of having no fixed or useful plan or intention.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURPOSELESSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
ceaselessness
ˈsiːsləsnəs
classlessness
ˈklɑːsləsnəs
defencelessness
dɪˈfensləsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
facelessness
ˈfeɪsləsnəs
fencelessness
ˈfensləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
gracelessness
ˈɡreɪsləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
houselessness
ˈhaʊsləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
pricelessness
ˈpraɪsləsnəs
sexlessness
ˈsɛksləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURPOSELESSNESS

purport
purported
purportedly
purportless
purpose
purpose-built
purposeful
purposefully
purposefulness
purposeless
purposelessly
purposely
purposive
purposively
purposiveness
purpresture
purpura
purpure
purpureal
purpuric

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURPOSELESSNESS

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 purposelessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purposelessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURPOSELESSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

无目的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de propósito
570 millions of speakers

English

purposelessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यर्थता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

purposelessness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесцельность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purposelessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

purposelessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purposelessness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa tujuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwecklosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

purposelessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무 목적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanpa tujuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

purposelessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

purposelessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्थशून्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amaçsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purposelessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bezcelowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безцільність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purposelessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άσκοπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doelloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mållöshet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purpose
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purposelessness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURPOSELESSNESS»

The term «purposelessness» is normally little used and occupies the 146.069 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURPOSELESSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «purposelessness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «purposelessness» 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 purposelessness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURPOSELESSNESS»

Discover the use of purposelessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purposelessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rethinking Imagination: Culture and Creativity
... is that nature can be viewed as having a power to purposively produce things which have no purpose or end to them, Rather, they simply exist, Reflective judgement cannot work without this idea of purposive purposelessness, As Kant says, ...
Gillian Robinson, John F. Rundell, 1994
2
Capitalizing on Culture: Critical Theory for Cultural Studies
purposelessness gives the lie to the totality of purposefulness in the world of domination, and only by virtue of this negation, which consummates the established order by drawing the conclusion from its own principle of reason, has existing ...
Shane Gunster, 2004
3
History, the Human, and the World Between
Does human purpose reiterate the organic pur- posiveness found in nature, “the benign indifference of the universe,” as Meurseult in Camus's The Stranger would have it,53 or does human purpose transcend the purposelessness of the ...
R. Radhakrishnan, 2008
4
Guaranteed Enlightenment: Ashtavakra Gita
Ashtavakra Gita Paramahamsa Nithyananda. 21 22 24 26 27 28 29 30. The Purposelessness of Life The Purposelessness of Life The Purposelessness of Life The Purposelessness of Life The Purposelessness of Life The moment we ...
Paramahamsa Nithyananda, 2008
5
The Comedy of Language: Studies in Modern Comic Literature
In the world of process, life and death, purpose and purposelessness, are one. In the following passage, Arsene touches on these paradoxes; he has just spoken of the servants coming and going around Knott, who neither comes nor goes but  ...
Fred Miller Robinson, 1980
6
The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics: Surveying the ...
Positive arguments for atheism fall into four categories: () the fact of evil; (2) the apparent purposelessness of life; (3) random occurrences in the universe; and (4 ) the First Law of Thermodynamics—that energy can neither be created nor ...
Ed Hindson, Ergun Caner, 2008
7
A Passion for Democracy: American Essays
The. Compromised. Republic: Public. Purposelessness. in. America. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC has always reacted with alarm to the periodic discovery that it is without unifying national purposes. The "crisis in public purpose" reappears every ...
Benjamin R. Barber, 2000
8
Felt Meanings of the World: A Metaphysics of Feeling
Such global purposelessness leads me to feel in my despair that my own strivings are ultimately for nothing. It appears that nothing I or anybody else could do could ever contribute to a purpose of the world- whole itself, since there is no ...
Quentin Smith, 2010
9
The Parameters of Postmodernism
Accordingly, Cage defends imperfectly realized art as an aspect of “purposeful purposelessness” and “purposeful play” rather than abandoning his compositions without even a fiddler's curse, like Beckett's Molloy, and rather than deeming ...
Nicholas Zurbrugg, Nicholas Zurbrugg, B.A, D.Phil, 2003
10
Happiness is Overrated
A better response is human pride and rebellion, accompanied by human solidarity, which rejects despair m a self-conscious revolt against cosmic purposelessness. We should contemplate and defy our absurd situation in order to maximize ...
Raymond A. Belliotti, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURPOSELESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purposelessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Adding life to years
It has become an emotional and psychological anchor for them, keeping them from a sense of loneliness and purposelessness. Print This Page share. Previous ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Woody Allens Purposeless Irrational Man Stars Puppets, Not People
But, coming out of Irrational Man, it's hard to shake a sense of purposelessness. Allen is one of the world's most reliable independent filmmakers—you know ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
3
A church needs to be at least as friendly as a bar
... discouragement, hopelessness, purposelessness, and loneliness, by knowing that God is with you, that God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and omnipresent. «San Diego Reader, Jun 15»
4
How to Avoid Commencement Clichés
In contrast, purposelessness — no matter how closely tied to worldly prosperity — generally defines a hamster-wheel life, alarmingly bereft of satisfaction. «New York Times, May 15»
5
World Cup winners Australia experiencing Post-Olympic Gold …
But in the days after that some athletes start experiencing a purposelessness. There is no immediate need to train a certain way, you get up in the morning and ... «The Indian Express, Apr 15»
6
GENERAL ELECTION 2015: Issues that 'threaten community relations'
One Voice spokesman Zaffer Khan said: “There are elements of the British Muslim community disillusioned with society who have a sense of purposelessness ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Apr 15»
7
Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside …
This is not necessarily because the purposelessness and futility that defines life in an American office is killing their employees' souls. It's more that the malaise ... «New Statesman, Mar 15»
8
In Praise of Meaningless Work
This is not necessarily because the purposelessness and futility that defines life in an American office is killing their employees' souls. It's more that the malaise ... «The New Republic, Mar 15»
9
Substance Abuse in the Elderly
The research also pointed to the impact of circumstances and conditions of retirement on feelings of depression, purposelessness, and financial strain — which ... «PsychCentral.com, Jan 15»
10
Study finds conditions of retirement can lead to substance abuse …
The research also pointed to the impact of circumstances and conditions of retirement on feelings of depression, purposelessness, and financial strain, which ... «Medical Xpress, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Purposelessness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/purposelessness>. Jun 2026 ».
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