Unsubstantiality
Nouns
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unsubstantiality, insubstantiality
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nothingness, nihility
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no degree, no part, no quantity, no thing. nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody
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never a one, ne'er a one [Contr.]
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no such thing, none in the world
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nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth
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not a particle etc. (smallness) Smallness
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all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense
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matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter
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nonentity
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flash in the pan
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phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
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dream etc. (imagination) Imagination
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such stuff as dreams are made of" [Tempest]
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air, thin air, vapor
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bubble etc. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.]
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baseless fabric of a vision" [Tempest]
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mockery. hollowness, blank
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void etc. (absence) Absence. inanity, fool's paradise.
Verbs
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vanish, evaporate, fade, dissolve, melt away
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disappear etc. Disappearance.
Adjectives
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unsubstantial
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baseless, groundless
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ungrounded
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without foundation, having no foundation. visionary etc. (imaginary) Imagination
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immaterial etc. Infrequency
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spectral etc. Demon
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dreamy
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shadowy
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ethereal, airy
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cloud built, cloud formed
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gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal. vacant, vacuous
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empty etc. Absence
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eviscerated
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blank, hollow
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nominal
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null
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inane.
Phrases
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there's nothing in it
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an ocean of dreams without a sound" [Shelley].