What does nihility mean?
Nihility means The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence..
Nihility
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence..
Definitions by Sense
- The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
- (obsolete, countable) A nonexistent thing; nothing.
Example Sentences
Paeans and even poems have been written to the esoteric nature of the smallest building blocks of matter: how they manifest as everywhere and nowhere, seem to have come out of emptiness, and at the ultimate level seem to be distilled from pure nihility.
Della Crusca says all past Actions are Nihilities; & that the immediate Instant is the whole of human Existence—A bad Accᵗ of it surely!
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Word Forms
- nihilities
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Paeans and even poems have been written to the esoteric nature of the smallest building blocks of matter: how they manifest as everywhere and nowhere, seem to have come out of emptiness, and at the ultimate level seem to be distilled from pure nihility.
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