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Inanition
/ɪnəˈnɪʃən/
The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
📖 Definitions of "Inanition"
noun
- 1
The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
- 2
A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness; starvation or cachexia.
- 3
A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea".
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