nihility
nihility noun: the state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
Noun
nihility (countable and uncountable, plural nihilities)
- The state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
- 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.2000, Gregg Easterbrook, “Review: The Quest for Quarks”, in The Wilson Quarterly, volume 24, number 1, page 110
- A nonexistent thing; nothing.
- Della Crusca says all past Actions are Nihilities; & that the immediate Instant is the whole of human Existence—A bad Accᵗ of it surely!1788 December 26, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
nihility meaning in Hindi and Tamil
nihility in Hindi
- nihility, nullity
- शून्यता śūnyatā
nihility in Tamil
- சூழ்ச்சி, ஒன்றுமின்மை
Forms of nihility
| plural | nihilities |
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Origin of nihility
From Renaissance Latin nihilitās, from Latin nihil (“nothing”).
Questions about nihility
- What does nihility mean?
- Nihility means the state or fact of being nothing; nothingness, nullity; nonexistence.
- What is nihility in Hindi?
- Nihility in Hindi is शून्यता (śūnyatā). See Nihility meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nihility?
- Nihility is a noun.
- What is the plural of nihility?
- The plural of nihility is nihilities.
Words near nihility in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nihility (page history and authors); शून्यता (Hindi) (page history and authors); nihility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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