Emptiness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Emptiness is a noun meaning The state or feeling of being empty.
Meaning
The state or feeling of being empty.
More Meanings
- A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
- A nonexistence; a lack of existence.
Example Sentences
It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness, elaborating by saying that anything that passed into it was torn asunder, subjected to a set of principles and order that grinds things down to nothing, in a process of which entropy is just one part.
Word Forms
- emptinesses
- emptinesse
Synonyms for emptiness
Depending on context, synonyms include void, vanity, vacancy.
Antonyms for emptiness
Common opposites include fullness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include void, vacancy, vanity, vacuum, silence, quiet.
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