nothingism

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noun

Nihility; nothingness.

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Meanings

nounnothingism (usually uncountable, plural nothingisms)

plural nothingisms

  1. uncountableusuallyNihility; nothingness.

    [The Beats] have broken away to form their own vague, non-inspirational rebellion of rejection and nothingism. […] They are a failure.

    c. 1959, Lorraine Hansberry, The Negro Writer and His Roots: Toward a New Romanticism

Origin

From nothing + -ism.

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APA

nothingism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nothingism

MLA

“nothingism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nothingism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nothingism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nothingism.

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