nothingness
- 01 C1 Advanced
the state of not existing or being nothing.
the state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing or having no being.
Simple“Some people fear that death is simply a return to nothingness.”
In context“The philosopher argued that the concept of nothingness is essential to understanding the nature of being itself.”
- 02 C1 Advanced
a large space that contains nothing; a total void.
a physical or metaphorical void; a state of absolute emptiness.
Simple“He stared out into the black nothingness of the desert night.”
In context“The astronaut gazed into the vast nothingness of deep space, feeling small against the infinite dark.”
- 03 C2 Proficiency
the quality of having no importance or meaning.
the quality of inconsequentiality or a total lack of significance.
Simple“She felt a sense of nothingness when she realized her hard work was ignored.”
In context“The critic dismissed the novel, claiming its themes were reduced to mere nothingness by the author's shallow prose.”
SynonymsinsignificancetrivialityAntonyms
From nothing + -ness.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.