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noun
The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A nonexistent thing; nothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete
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noun
the state of nonexistence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nothingness, void, nullity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonexistence, nonentity
Narrower terms: thin air
History
From Renaissance Latin nihilitās, from Latin nihil (“nothing”).
