Home › Words › N › nothingismnothingismnothingism · noun — nihility; nothingness.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom nothing + -ism.nounNihility; nothingness.e.g.“[The Beats] have broken away to form their own vague, non-inspirational rebellion of rejection and nothingism. […] They are a failure.” — c. 1959, Lorraine Hansberry, The Negro Writer and His Roots: Toward a New Romanticism:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).