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Inanition

noun
/ɪnəˈnɪʃən/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
2.nounA state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness; starvation or cachexia.
3.nounA spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea".

Synonyms

emptinessemptyinglassitudelethargyinanitiationdevoidnessannihilationnonemptinesswithoutnesserasuredestitutioninanity

Antonyms

repletion
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