nothingness
Etymology

From nothing + -ness.

Noun

nothingness (uncountable)

  1. The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing.
    • 1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC ↗, page 3 ↗, lines 1–5:
      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.
  2. A void; an emptiness.
  3. The quality of inconsequentiality; the lack of significance.
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