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Inanition

/ɪnəˈnɪʃən/

The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.

📖 Definitions of "Inanition"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.

  2. 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. 3

    A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea".

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