nihility
- noun
- /nɪˈhɪləti/
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nihilidad
- After contemplating existence, he concluded that nihility is a daunting concept to grasp.
So an abyss is, you know, this, this emptiness already, then the nihility, what is going to confront it?
- So an abyss is, you know, this, this emptiness already, then the nihility, what is going to confront it?
Examples
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But I'd like to mention one thing which seems interesting to me; it touches the nihility problem.
Blog text (15) -
So an abyss is, you know, this, this emptiness already, then the nihility, what is going to confront it?
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Still others have no clear strategy whatsoever beyond nihility.
Academic text (1996) -
Many philosophers have debated the idea of nihility and what it means for our understanding of life.
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In moments of deep reflection, she often found herself confronting the stark reality of nihility.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not anything of interest or value
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6.5
A very empty space or feeling that is hard to fill
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5.3
A feeling that life has no meaning
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7.2
A state with no people or things in it
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8.3
The state of having no value, result, or importance
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7.0
A state in which something is not there
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4.3
A feeling of emptiness with no thoughts or emotion
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9.9
A state in which things do not have their own separate, lasting existence
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9.8
The state of not existing
A situation when something does not exist
Antonyms
How Real
Surface Forms
Morphology
nihility = nihil (semi-transparent) = nihil + ity
The meaning 'state of being nothing' is predictable from the stem + -ity, but the stem 'nihil' is an uncommon/formal combining form and may not be recognizable to average learners.
Etymology
Nihility comes from the old Latin word nihil, which means 'nothing', and you can see the same idea in the word annihilate, which means 'to make into nothing'. So nihility is the state of being 'nothing' or not existing.