nothingness

Meanings

• Noun

  The state or quality of having no existence, or being nothing.

  - "The universe began in a state of nothingness."
  - "Existence before the big bang is a concept of nothingness."
  - "Many philosophers have pondered the meaning of nothingness."

• Noun

  A lack or absence of something.

  - "The room was filled with an oppressive sense of nothingness."
  - "He felt a deep sense of nothingness after losing his job."
  - "The artist captured the emptiness and nothingness of the desert."

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Antonyms

existence

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Synonyms

nihility

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with nothingness
blizzard , pizzazz , frazzle , muddle , riddle

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Variants

List of all variants of nothingness that leads to same result
nothingness , nothingnesses

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Etymology

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From Old English 'niwan' meaning 'new' and 'thing' meaning 'thing', later coming to mean 'nothing'.

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Trivia

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1. The concept of nothingness has been explored in various philosophical and religious traditions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and existentialism.

2. The term 'nothingness' is also used in mathematics to represent the additive identity element, which is the number that, when added to any other number, results in that number remaining unchanged.

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Related Concepts

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1. Void: The concept of nothingness or emptiness, often used in physics and philosophy.

2. Nihilism: A philosophical belief that life is meaningless and that nothingness is the ultimate reality.

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Culture

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In literature, nothingness is often explored in existentialist works, such as Albert Camus' 'The Myth of Sisyphus'. In art, Yves Klein's painting 'Anthropometry' depicts the human body as a representation of nothingness. In music, the term 'nothingness' is used in the song 'Nothingness and Void' by the band Opeth.

How to Memorize "nothingness"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a vast, empty void. Visualize the absence of all matter, energy, and life. Consider how this concept challenges our understanding of existence and reality.

2. associate
   

   - Associate nothingness with the feeling of emptiness or absence. Remember that it represents a lack of existence or meaning.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'nothingness' starts with the letters 'N' and 'T', which can be remembered as 'No Thing'.

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