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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(philosophy) The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing..
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.
Use nothingness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nothingness means (philosophy) The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing..
Common synonyms include nihility, void, nullity, wind.
Possible antonyms include existence.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
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