nullity
- noun
- /ˈnʌlɪti/
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nulidad
- On another occasion, Trilling described the typical reader of this subversive literature: Having come to take nullity for granted, he wants to be enlightened and entertained by statements about the nature of nothing, what its size is, how it is furnished, what services the management provides, and what sort of conversation and amusements can go on in it.
Examples
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For the last stage of this cultural development, it might well be truly said: "Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved."
Academic text (2003) -
I have arrived at the understanding and principle that Catholicism means absolutely nothing if Judaism is a nullity.
Blog text (18) -
Eventually nullity gets harder and harder to achieve.
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My favorite song of hers is "I Want to Get Married," a beautiful, soulful tune with lyrics expressing a woman's complete nullity without a man to serve and please.
Blog text (20) -
The trauma of his fratricide contributes to his growing psychic split, typical of Modernism, between vitality and nullity.
Academic text (2007) -
Mr. Kearney, much further up the social scale, derives neither spiritual nor social insight from his piety; instead, the concentration on mechanical devotion has prevented him from seeing how the Dublin social system works and must be worked, so that, at a crucial moment in the narrative, this intellectual nullity of a man fails.
Academic text (1991) -
The contract was declared a nullity after both parties failed to sign it.
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In philosophy, the concept of nullity raises questions about the nature of existence.
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After years of effort, the project ended in nullity, leaving behind no tangible results.
Synonyms
182
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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9.9
Not anything or zero
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1.0
No thing present in a place or situation
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8.5
Nothing at all
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9.4
Nothing at all
5
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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8.3
A special programming value that shows nothing is stored
1
9.8
The state of not existing
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9.2
A state of being empty of meaning and thought
A state in which nothing exists
A feeling of emptiness after something important ends
An empty space with nothing inside
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Etymology
Nullity comes from the Latin nullus meaning 'not any' and the ending -ity meaning 'state of', similar to the words null and nullify ('to make nothing'). So nullity can mean the 'state of being nothing' or nonexistence.