nothingness

English

Etymology

From nothing +‎ -ness.

Noun

nothingness (usually uncountable; plural nothingnesses)

1. State of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing.

   The Endless Dark Nothingness

2. Void; emptiness.
3. Quality of inconsequentiality; lacking in significance.

Synonyms

• nihility

Antonyms

• existence

Translations

state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing

• Finnish: olemattomuus (fi)
• French: néant (fr) m
• German: Nichtvorhandensein (de) n, Nichts (de) n
• Hungarian: nemlétezés (hu)
• Norwegian: ingenting (no)

  Bokmål: intet (nb) n

• Polish: nicość f
• Portuguese: vacuidade f
• Turkish: hiçlik (tr)

void; emptiness

• Finnish: tyhjyys (fi)
• French: vide (fr) m
• German: Nichts (de) n, Leere (de) f

• Hungarian: semmi (hu)
• Portuguese: vazio (pt) m
• Turkish: boşluk (tr)

quality of inconsequentiality; lacking in significance

• Finnish: merkityksettömyys (fi), mitättömyys (fi)
• German: Bedeutungslosigkeit (de) f

• Hungarian: semmiség (hu)
• Turkish: anlamsızlık (tr), bilinçsizlik (tr), şuursuzluk (tr)

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• German: Nichts n

• Spanish: nada f