néantn.

Brit.

/ˈneɪɑːnt/, U.S.

/ˈneɪɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French néant.

Etymology: < French néant non-being (1647 in Descartes; c1170 in Old French in sense ‘illusion’, late 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘emptiness, godlessness’; earlier as adverb in sense ‘not at all’ (c1050), and as pronoun in negations in sense ‘nothing’ (late 10th cent.)), of uncertain origin. Compare Italian niente niente n.It is generally supposed that French néant , Italian niente and other corresponding Romance forms derive from an unattested post-classical Latin phrase. Suggested phrases include ne gentem < classical Latin ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + gentem , accusative of gēns gens n., on the model of collocations such as nusquam gentium nowhere on earth, minimē gentium certainly not; nec entem < classical Latin nec not (shortened form of neque : see nequient adj.) + entem , accusative of ēns being (see ens n.); ne inde < classical Latin ne- + inde from there (see entrain v.¹). Not fully naturalized in English.

Nothingness, emptiness.In modern usage (also with the French definite article prefixed) usually an allusion to the philosophical ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre, as expressed in L'Être et le Néant ( Being & Nothingness, 1943).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > existentialism > [noun] > philosophy of Sartre

néant1847

nothingness1946

pour-soi1947

Sartrean1948

practico-inert1961

being-for-itself1989

1847 Earl of Elgin Let. 41 Incessant watchfulness and some dexterity are requisite to keep him from falling, on the one side into the néant of mock sovereignty, or on the other into the dirt and confusion of local factions.

1908 E. Wharton Let. 17 May (1988) 145 Sometimes I feel that I can't go on like this: from moments of such nearness..back into a complete néant of silence.

1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled iv. vi. 129 Sorel has certainly the attitude of a lonely traveller who has gone into the comfortable atmosphere of a rustic inn,..just to be out of the néant for the brief period in his life.

1950 K. Raine in Penguin New Writing 39 93 When man refuses to listen to this voice, the superhuman must be experienced as a great indifferent néant.

1989 G. Steiner Real Presences ii. viii. 133 It is only in recent philosophy, in Heidegger's Nichtigkeit, in Sartre's le néant, a variation on Heidegger, that the concept of absolute zero becomes almost obsessive.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	néant
释义	néantn. Brit. /ˈneɪɑːnt/, U.S. /ˈneɪɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French néant. Etymology: < French néant non-being (1647 in Descartes; c1170 in Old French in sense ‘illusion’, late 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘emptiness, godlessness’; earlier as adverb in sense ‘not at all’ (c1050), and as pronoun in negations in sense ‘nothing’ (late 10th cent.)), of uncertain origin. Compare Italian niente niente n.It is generally supposed that French néant , Italian niente and other corresponding Romance forms derive from an unattested post-classical Latin phrase. Suggested phrases include ne gentem < classical Latin ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + gentem , accusative of gēns gens n., on the model of collocations such as nusquam gentium nowhere on earth, minimē gentium certainly not; nec entem < classical Latin nec not (shortened form of neque : see nequient adj.) + entem , accusative of ēns being (see ens n.); ne inde < classical Latin ne- + inde from there (see entrain v.¹). Not fully naturalized in English. Nothingness, emptiness.In modern usage (also with the French definite article prefixed) usually an allusion to the philosophical ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre, as expressed in L'Être et le Néant ( Being & Nothingness, 1943). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > existentialism > [noun] > philosophy of Sartre néant1847 nothingness1946 pour-soi1947 Sartrean1948 practico-inert1961 being-for-itself1989 1847 Earl of Elgin Let. 41 Incessant watchfulness and some dexterity are requisite to keep him from falling, on the one side into the néant of mock sovereignty, or on the other into the dirt and confusion of local factions. 1908 E. Wharton Let. 17 May (1988) 145 Sometimes I feel that I can't go on like this: from moments of such nearness..back into a complete néant of silence. 1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled iv. vi. 129 Sorel has certainly the attitude of a lonely traveller who has gone into the comfortable atmosphere of a rustic inn,..just to be out of the néant for the brief period in his life. 1950 K. Raine in Penguin New Writing 39 93 When man refuses to listen to this voice, the superhuman must be experienced as a great indifferent néant. 1989 G. Steiner Real Presences ii. viii. 133 It is only in recent philosophy, in Heidegger's Nichtigkeit, in Sartre's le néant, a variation on Heidegger, that the concept of absolute zero becomes almost obsessive. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
随便看	river steamboat river steamer river stone river swallow river swamp river system river tea tree river tern river terrace river thief river tide river tortoise river town river traffic river trail river tree river trip river trout river turtle river valley river view river voyage river walk river wall river ward