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emptiness

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emptinessnoun

emptinesses

videAu sens affectif : sentiment de manque, de solitude ou d’absence de but.

After the children left for college, she felt a deep emptiness in her life.

Après le départ de ses enfants pour l’université, elle a ressenti un profond vide dans sa vie.

videAu sens concret : absence de contenu ou d’objets ; espace vide.

The emptiness of the abandoned house was eerie and unsettling.

Le vide de la maison abandonnée était sinistre et troublant.

Additional translations

vacuitéSens philosophique et religieux, notamment dans le bouddhisme.

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emptinessnoun

The state of containing nothing; a void or lack of content.

The emptiness of the abandoned house was eerie and unsettling.

A feeling of loneliness or lack of purpose.

After the children left for college, she felt a deep emptiness in her life.

A space or area that is unoccupied or devoid of objects.

The emptiness of the desert stretched out as far as the eye could see.

The philosophical concept, especially in Buddhism, that things lack inherent existence or independent self-nature; voidness.

In Mahayana Buddhism, the doctrine of emptiness teaches that all phenomena are interdependent and devoid of a fixed essence.