inanition
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[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin inānītio, from inānīre (“‘to make empty’”), from inānis (“‘empty, vain’”); see inane.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnəˈnɪʃən/
[edit] Noun
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inanition (uncountable)
- 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" [1].
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[edit] Translations
A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation
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A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea"
