nothingnesses
States of nonexistence
Nothingnesses is the plural of nothingness—the state of being nothing, of nonexistence or emptiness.
The plural form appears in philosophical or literary contexts discussing multiple varieties or instances of void: the various nothingnesses that haunt existentialist thought, She catalogued the small nothingnesses of her days—the blank hours, the empty conversations.
Without legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- absenceState of not being
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
abyss · vacuity · nullity · nonbeing · meaninglessness · existential · Sartre · Heidegger
Absence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
nirvana · dissolution · formlessness · meditation · mindfulness · surrender · stillness · non-attachment
Insignificant matters
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- futilitiesPointless endeavors collectively
- vanitiesSelf-admiring tendencies
pointlessness · insignificances · inconsequentialities · unimportance · pettiness · hollowness · superficiality · frivolities
Emptinesses or nullifies
- vacuumsSpaces without matter
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- blankWithout marks or content
- barrennessInability to bear fruit
desolation · wasteland · emptied · vacated · cleared · bare · stripped · drained
void
Without legal effect
oblivion · abyss · vacuity · nullity · nonbeing · meaninglessness · existential · Sartre · Heidegger · angst
emptiness
Absence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
transcendence · nirvana · dissolution · formlessness · meditation · mindfulness · surrender · stillness · non-attachment · liberation
trivialities
Insignificant matters
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- futilitiesPointless endeavors collectively
vanities · pointlessness · insignificances · inconsequentialities · unimportance · pettiness · hollowness · superficiality · frivolities · banalities
voids
Emptinesses or nullifies
- vacuumsSpaces without matter
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- blankWithout marks or content
barrenness · desolation · wasteland · emptied · vacated · cleared · bare · stripped · drained · depleted
nothingnessesexistences
States of being real
beings · somethings · realities · entities · presences
nothingnesseseminences
Persons of high rank
significances · substantialness · weightiness · greatnesses · somebodies
nothingnessesplenitudes
States of total fullness
abundances · totalities · completeness · repleteness · infinities