inanition
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin inānītio, from inānīre (“to make empty”), from inānis (“empty, vain”); see inane.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ɪnəˈnɪʃən/
Noun[edit]
inanition (countable and uncountable; plural inanitions)
- Emptiness.
- (medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation.
- (philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea".
Quotations[edit]
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Translations[edit]
A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation
A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea"
