What does emptiness mean?
Definitions for emptiness
empti·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
emptiness(noun)
the state of containing nothing
emptiness(noun)
having an empty stomach
void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum(noun)
an empty area or space
"the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
vanity, emptiness(noun)
the quality of being valueless or futile
"he rejected the vanities of the world"
Wiktionary
emptiness(Noun)
The state or feeling of being empty
Webster Dictionary
Emptiness(noun)
the state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach
Etymology: [From Empty.]
Emptiness(noun)
want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory
Etymology: [From Empty.]
Emptiness(noun)
want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind
Etymology: [From Empty.]
Freebase
Emptiness
Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom, social alienation and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompany dysthymia, depression, loneliness, anhedonia, despair, or other mental/emotional disorders, including schizoid personality disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and borderline personality disorder. A sense of emptiness is also part of a natural process of grief, as resulting of separation, death of a loved one, or other significant changes. However, the particular meanings of “emptiness” vary with the particular context and the religious or cultural tradition in which it is used. While Christianity and Western sociologists and psychologists view a state of emptiness as a negative, unwanted condition, in some Eastern philosophies such as Buddhist philosophy and Taoism, emptiness is a realized achievement. Outside of Eastern philosophy, some writers have also suggested that people may use a transitory state of emptiness as a means of liberating themselves for personal growth.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of emptiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of emptiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of emptiness in a Sentence
We can't communicate the incommuunicable, we can't explain the inconceivable, life's fullness forever lies in wait about each one of us, and the lonely emptiness of existence is permanent, but a star deep in our heart lead us the way home.
The usefulness of a cup is its emptiness.
The false, fake, and pretended qualities such as generosity, sincerity, fidelity, love, honesty, and justice hold a beautiful outer and an ugly inner coffin; when one opens and searches the reality in that, it only realizes the emptiness of that or faces contradicting context of that; thus, burying such a coffin is better. Those who understand this point; live in pleasure and those, who don't understand, live in worry.
Seven years ago, the country was promised change that it could believe in. The emptiness of that promise notwithstanding, real change ultimately resides in each of us.
Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaces by vague ritual.
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