nihility — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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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.

2. A nonexistent thing; nothing.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Della Crusca says all past Actions are Nihilities; & that the immediate Instant is the whole of human Existence—A bad Accᵗ of it surely!

Noun

1. the state of nonexistence

   Synonyms

   nothingnessvoidnullity

   Broader terms

   nonexistencenonentity