nihility
State of nonexistence
Nihility is the state or condition of being nothing—complete nonexistence or emptiness.
The word is philosophical and literary, appearing in discussions of void, negation, or the absence of meaning: He stared into the nihility of deep space.
It shares territory with nothingness but sounds more formal and abstract.
Complete absence of existence
- nonbeingAbsence of existence
- nullityComplete absence or invalidity
- voidWithout legal effect
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
nonentity · unreality · negation · absence · lack · emptiness · vacuity · blankness
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
- darknessTotal absence of light
infinite · boundless · depths · expanse · chasm · gulf · entropy · heat death
Total destruction or erasure
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- erasureAct of wiping away
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
vanishing · disappearance · effacement · dematerialization · disintegration · evaporation · fading · cessation
Absence of substance
- ego deathTotal loss of identity
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
transcendence · liberation · moksha · nirvana · letting go · formlessness · groundlessness · impermanence
Philosophy stressing self-created meaning
- absurdismPhilosophy embracing existence's irrationality
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
- futilityLack of purpose
anomie · pessimism · fatalism · skepticism · negation · Nietzsche · Schopenhauer · Sartre
nothingness
Complete absence of existence
oblivion · nonentity · unreality · negation · absence · lack · emptiness · vacuity · blankness · insubstantiality
void
Without legal effect
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
darkness · infinite · boundless · depths · expanse · chasm · gulf · entropy · heat death · interstellar
obliteration
Total destruction or erasure
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- erasureAct of wiping away
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
dissolution · vanishing · disappearance · effacement · dematerialization · disintegration · evaporation · fading · cessation · termination
emptiness
Absence of substance
- ego deathTotal loss of identity
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
dissolution · transcendence · liberation · moksha · nirvana · letting go · formlessness · groundlessness · impermanence · illusion
existentialism
Philosophy stressing self-created meaning
- absurdismPhilosophy embracing existence's irrationality
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- purposelessnessState of lacking intention
futility · anomie · pessimism · fatalism · skepticism · negation · Nietzsche · Schopenhauer · Sartre · Camus
- Nonexistencenothing, nothingness, nonexistence, void, null
- emptinessemptiness, void, vacuum, nothingness, blank
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
nihilityplenitude
Complete fullness or abundance
fullness · abundance · substantiality · totality · completeness
nihilitysignificance
Quality of mattering
meaning · importance · consequence · value · worth