emptiness
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emptiness¹
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness.
noun emptinesses · emptinesse
- The state or feeling of being empty; an emotion that combines hollowness, numbness, disconnection and a lack of meaning in life, resulting in existential boredom, ennui or depression.
- A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence. Few people without a training in science can realise the huge isolation of the solar system. The sun with its specks of planets, its dust of planetoids, and its impalpable comets, swims in a vacant immensity that almost defeats the imagination. Beyond the orbit of Neptune there is space, vacant so f
- A nonexistence; a lack of existence.
Emptiness²
Where it comes from
Calque from Chinese 虛宿／虚宿 (Xūxiù).
proper noun
- A Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: void, vacancy, vanity, vacuum, silence, quiet, unladen, leisure, blank, need, gap, flavour, environment, flavor, taste, limbo
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noun the state or feeling of being empty
| Español | vaciedad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 空虚 kūkyo, 空 kara, 虚しさ munashisa, 空っぽ karappo |
| 中文 | 空虛 /空虚 kōngxū, 空洞 kōngdòng |
| हिन्दी | रिक्तता riktatā, शून्यता śūnyatā |
| Português | vazio |
| Français | vide, néant, vacuité |
| Deutsch | Leere, Leerheit |
| Ελληνικά | κενότητα kenótita |
| Русский | пустота́ pustotá |
| עברית | רֵיקָנוּת reikanút |
Talk about this word "emptiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/emptiness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. emptiness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/emptiness "emptiness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/emptiness.Cite this
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title = {emptiness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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