meaninglessness
noun
- absence of meaning/purpose
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈminɪŋlɪsnɪs/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English meaningless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English meaninglessness From meaningless + -ness.
- The state of lacking meaning; the quality of being meaningless.
“Near-synonyms: pointlessness, purposelessness, uselessness”
- Anything that is meaningless.
“all the little meaninglessnesses of human existence”