inanition

/ɪnəˈnɪʃən/

IPA: /IH0 N AH0 N IH1 SH AH0 N/

noun

1
The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
syn:emptiness emptying
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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