nothingismn.
/ˈnʌθɪŋɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈnəθɪŋˌɪz(ə)m/ Now rare.† 1. A triviality, a trifle. Frequently in plural. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial
gnatc1000
ball play?c1225
smalla1250
triflec1290
fly1297
child's gamec1380
motec1390
mitec1400
child's playc1405
trufferyc1429
toyc1450
curiosity1474
fly-winga1500
neither mass nor matins1528
boys' play1538
nugament1543
knack?1544
fable1552
nincety-fincety1566
mouse1584
molehill1590
coot1594
scoff1594
nidgery1611
pin matter1611
triviality1611
minuity1612
feathera1616
fillip1621
rattle1622
fiddlesticka1625
apex1625
rush candle1628
punctilio1631
rushlight1635
notchet1637
peppercorn1638
petty John1640
emptiness1646
fool-fangle1647
nonny-no1652
crepundian1655
fly-biting1659
pushpin1660
whinny-whanny1673
whiffle1680
straw1692
two and a plack1692
fiddle1695
trivial1715
barley-strawa1721
nothingism1742
curse1763
nihility1765
minutia1782
bee's knee1797
minutiae1797
niff-naff1808
playwork1824
floccinaucity1829
trivialism1830
chicken feed1834
nonsensical1842
meemaw1862
infinitesimality1867
pinfall1868
fidfad1875
flummadiddle1882
quantité négligeable1885
quotidian1902
pipsqueak1905
hickey1909
piddle1910
cream puff1920
squat1934
administrivia1937
chickenshit1938
cream puff1938
diddly-squat1963
non-issue1965
Tinkertoy1972
1742 E. Montagu Let. 19 Sept. (1809) II. 189 It is surprising what nothingisms make a figure in polite conversation.
1864 Realm 13 Apr. 2 The article is one of those sensational nothingisms—a sample of that sensationalism des riens, as the French have it.
2. † b. = nihilism n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
a. Also with capital initial. = nihilism n. 2.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun]
unbeliefc1160
wantruthc1175
mislevea1200
doubta1225
untrothc1380
untruthc1380
unreligiositya1382
irreligiosity1382
unbelieffulnessc1384
unfaithfulness1388
unbelievinga1400
unfaith1415
wanbelevenessc1440
wanbelievingc1440
wantrowinga1450
wanbelevea1470
mistruthc1480
infidelity1509
incredulity1532
atheonismc1534
unbelievingness1561
irreligiousness?1577
faithlessness1579
unreligiousness1579
atheism1587
scruple1600
discredence1627
doubtinga1628
disbelieving1645
atheisticalness1654
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
atheisticness1691
nothingism1755
scepticism1800
nihilisma1817
infidelisma1834
nothingarianism1842
agnosticism1870
disfaith1870
no-Goddism1931
1755 J. Shebbeare Lett. on Eng. Nation II. 120 Religion is here just what every man conceives it to be, it is..presbyterianism, moravianism, anythingism, nothingism, and ten thousand other enthusiastic vagaries.
1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 25 Jan. (1969) II. 296 The whole ground work of Rousseau's Philosophy ends in a mere Nothingism.
1884 19th Cent. Mar. 505 The attempted religion of Spiritism has lost one after another every resource of a real religion, until..it ends in a religion of Nothingism.
1998 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Feb. 1 So many people believe in nothing, nothingism, and that ends up in despair, even suicide.
2000 Indian Country Today (Nexis) 10 Jan. A sort of dysfunctional Americanism..tends to leave tribal members on reservations with an oppressive sense of ghettoism which eventually leads to nothingism.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [noun] > nihilism
nihilism1867
nothingism1890
1890 Daily News 17 Jan. 4/8 The Nihilists,..as ‘nothingism’ seemed of somewhat kindred meaning with destruction, simply filched from Bazaroff his good name.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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