nothingariann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌnʌθɪŋˈɛːrɪən/,

/ˌnʌθɪŋˈɡɛːrɪən/, U.S.

/ˌnəθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛriən/

Forms: 1700s– nothingarian, 1800s nothingurian (rare). Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nothing pron. and n., -arian suffix.

Etymology: < nothing pron. and n. + -arian suffix. Compare earlier anythingarian n.

Originally U.S. Now chiefly historical.

A. n.

A person who has no (clear) religious belief or political affiliation.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > person

wanbelieverc1440

unbeliever1526

infidela1530

nullifidian1564

atheist1571

sceptic1638

disbeliever1648

non-believer1649

scorner1651

scoffer1691

sceptic-Christian1711

nothingarian1776

nothingist1797

no-religionist1827

nihilist1854

netheist1855

non-theist1857

agnostic1869

nescient1872

post-Christian1886

bush baptist1902

no-Goddite1952

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [noun] > nihilism > Nihilist

nothingarian1820

nihilist1854

1776 J. Boucher Let. 10 July in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1914) 9 66 He return'd a strange jumble of Calvinism, Republicanism, & a great deal of other isms, which in the Aggregate, make, what I have heard call'd, a Nothingarian both in Politics & Religion.

1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 206 There is a considerable number of the people who..are, as to religion, Nothingarians.

1815 J. Mason in B. P. Smith Hist. Dartmouth Coll. (1878) 95 This comprises..most of the Baptists and Methodists, and all the nothingarians.

1820 Countess Granville Let. 31 Aug. (1894) I. 171 Sir Robert Wilson..says he can bear anything but those nothingarians.

1845 T. W. Coit Puritanism 433 The taxes of all the stragglers, nothingarians, and infidels, went there.

1880 Echo 20 Aug. 2/5 Are the consecrated churchyards..to be desecrated..to indulge the whim of a few nothingarians and unbelievers?

1940 A. C. Ward 20th Cent. Lit. (ed. 7) i. 10 It is supremely difficult to be..a confident and happy nothingarian, in either religion or politics.

1994 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 102 278 The new policy did nothing to help the so-called Nothingarian who did not wish to consume religious services at all.

B. adj.

Of or relating to people who hold no religious belief or political affiliation; having no definite aim or purpose. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary > aimless

purposeless1552

aimless1583

wayless1605

shapelessa1616

designless1649

scopeless1666

unmeaning1680

objectless1797

motiveless1798

purportless1802

driftless1806

adrift1818

unpurpose-like1825

unpurposed1827

goalless1828

nothingarian1859

1859 H. A. Miles Thoughts from Writings Rev. W. E. Channing II. 195 Families where bigotry of the various denominations, Nothingarian, Unitarian, as well as Trinitarian,—for there is also a ‘Nothingarian’ bigotry,—has put its cold, hard hand.

1884 Punch 20 Sept. 135 The Agnostical or Nothingarian creed.

1889 Open Court 3 Jan. 1393/2 The blessed leisure of wealth was not to him the occasion of a nothingarian dilettantism, of idleness,..pleasure, or ambition.

1899 New Eng. Mag. June 492/2 There were 471 Congregationalist families, 226 Episcopal families,..and 16 ‘Nothingarian’.

1986 Amer. Hist. Rev. 91 (Suppl.) 183/2 Boss Tweed combined lavish spending that created jobs with the defense of immigrant and Nothingarian culture to become the prototypical boss.

Derivatives

nothingˈarianism n. now rare absence or lack of any religious belief or political affiliation.

ΘΚΠ

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

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > agnosticism > [noun]

nothingarianism1842

know-nothingism1856

agnosticism1870

1842 W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 21 May (1963) 370 Catholicism had little or no hold over the educated minds in Spain... A dull comfortless nothingarianism was generally prevalent.

1872 J. Grant Newspaper Press III. 282 Conservative, Independent, or Neutral, which last word is but another name for Nothingarianism.

1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 102 The losses of the Catholics are into Nothingarianism.

1994 Independent (Nexis) 14 Aug. 16 Forms of unbelief omitted include scepticism, rationalism, secularism,..and ‘nothingarianism’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nothingarian
释义	nothingariann.adj. Brit. /ˌnʌθɪŋˈɛːrɪən/, /ˌnʌθɪŋˈɡɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌnəθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛriən/ Forms: 1700s– nothingarian, 1800s nothingurian (rare). Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nothing pron. and n., -arian suffix. Etymology: < nothing pron. and n. + -arian suffix. Compare earlier anythingarian n. Originally U.S. Now chiefly historical. A. n. A person who has no (clear) religious belief or political affiliation. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > person wanbelieverc1440 unbeliever1526 infidela1530 nullifidian1564 atheist1571 sceptic1638 disbeliever1648 non-believer1649 scorner1651 scoffer1691 sceptic-Christian1711 nothingarian1776 nothingist1797 no-religionist1827 nihilist1854 netheist1855 non-theist1857 agnostic1869 nescient1872 post-Christian1886 bush baptist1902 no-Goddite1952 society > authority > rule or government > politics > Russian politics > [noun] > nihilism > Nihilist nothingarian1820 nihilist1854 1776 J. Boucher Let. 10 July in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1914) 9 66 He return'd a strange jumble of Calvinism, Republicanism, & a great deal of other isms, which in the Aggregate, make, what I have heard call'd, a Nothingarian both in Politics & Religion. 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 206 There is a considerable number of the people who..are, as to religion, Nothingarians. 1815 J. Mason in B. P. Smith Hist. Dartmouth Coll. (1878) 95 This comprises..most of the Baptists and Methodists, and all the nothingarians. 1820 Countess Granville Let. 31 Aug. (1894) I. 171 Sir Robert Wilson..says he can bear anything but those nothingarians. 1845 T. W. Coit Puritanism 433 The taxes of all the stragglers, nothingarians, and infidels, went there. 1880 Echo 20 Aug. 2/5 Are the consecrated churchyards..to be desecrated..to indulge the whim of a few nothingarians and unbelievers? 1940 A. C. Ward 20th Cent. Lit. (ed. 7) i. 10 It is supremely difficult to be..a confident and happy nothingarian, in either religion or politics. 1994 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 102 278 The new policy did nothing to help the so-called Nothingarian who did not wish to consume religious services at all. B. adj. Of or relating to people who hold no religious belief or political affiliation; having no definite aim or purpose. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary > aimless purposeless1552 aimless1583 wayless1605 shapelessa1616 designless1649 scopeless1666 unmeaning1680 objectless1797 motiveless1798 purportless1802 driftless1806 adrift1818 unpurpose-like1825 unpurposed1827 goalless1828 nothingarian1859 1859 H. A. Miles Thoughts from Writings Rev. W. E. Channing II. 195 Families where bigotry of the various denominations, Nothingarian, Unitarian, as well as Trinitarian,—for there is also a ‘Nothingarian’ bigotry,—has put its cold, hard hand. 1884 Punch 20 Sept. 135 The Agnostical or Nothingarian creed. 1889 Open Court 3 Jan. 1393/2 The blessed leisure of wealth was not to him the occasion of a nothingarian dilettantism, of idleness,..pleasure, or ambition. 1899 New Eng. Mag. June 492/2 There were 471 Congregationalist families, 226 Episcopal families,..and 16 ‘Nothingarian’. 1986 Amer. Hist. Rev. 91 (Suppl.) 183/2 Boss Tweed combined lavish spending that created jobs with the defense of immigrant and Nothingarian culture to become the prototypical boss. Derivatives nothingˈarianism n. now rare absence or lack of any religious belief or political affiliation. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > agnosticism > [noun] nothingarianism1842 know-nothingism1856 agnosticism1870 1842 W. F. Tolmie Jrnl. 21 May (1963) 370 Catholicism had little or no hold over the educated minds in Spain... A dull comfortless nothingarianism was generally prevalent. 1872 J. Grant Newspaper Press III. 282 Conservative, Independent, or Neutral, which last word is but another name for Nothingarianism. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 102 The losses of the Catholics are into Nothingarianism. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 14 Aug. 16 Forms of unbelief omitted include scepticism, rationalism, secularism,..and ‘nothingarianism’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1776
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