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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
noth·ing·ness    Audio Help   [nuhth-ing-nis] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the state of being nothing.
2.something that is nonexistent: a view of humanity as suspended between infinity and nothingness.
3.lack of being; nonexistence: The sound faded into nothingness.
4.unconsciousness or death: She remembered a dizzy feeling, then nothingness.
5.utter insignificance, emptiness, or worthlessness; triviality: The days followed one another in an endless procession of nothingness.
6.something insignificant or without value.
[Origin: 1625–35; nothing + -ness]
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  nothingness
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The condition of not existing.
Synonyms:  nihility, nonexistence, nothing
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  nothingness
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  Empty, unfilled space.
Synonyms:  barrenness, emptiness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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