Inanition

Word INANITION
Character 9
Hyphenation in a ni tion
Pronunciations /ɪnəˈnɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Inanition"

What do we mean by inanition?

Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment or vitality. noun

The condition or quality of being empty. noun

The condition or consequence of being inane or empty; hence, exhaustion from lack of nourishment, either physical or mental; starvation due to deficiency or mal-assimilation of food. noun

The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. noun

Emptiness. noun

A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation. noun

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

Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy noun

Exhaustion resulting from lack of food noun

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

A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness; starvation or cachexia.

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

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The word "inanition" in example sentences

"inanition" (starvation) for a short period, but that, accordingly, the qualitative side of the nourishment becomes more important the longer the fever lasts. ❋ Louis Dechmann (N/A)

Having something to do, in my case something purely cerebral and verbal, is a salutary diversion -- if only in the almost literal sense of providing an occasion to communicate with the outside world and express in words, often angry words, the bottled-up irritations and frustrations of physical inanition. ❋ Unknown (2010)

England is full of wealth, of multifarious produce, supply for human want in every kind; yet England is dying of inanition. ❋ Daniel Little (2009)

They said they had lots of pretty good stuff, like the Diary of Anne Funk, she was a lesser-known "prisoner of conscience" from Burbank, CA, that died of inanition while hiding in the bottom drawer of a dresser until the tax assessor went away and a Golden Girls boxed set in VHS format, so I'd have to be more specific. ❋ Janet Ursel (2009)

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, a novelist, argued that women were less likely to be harmed by education than by the change from intellectual activity to intellectual inanition…. ❋ Patricia O'Toole (2008)

It has to be admitted that in America societies of the kind are commonly of few years and full of trouble, and that a certain inanition, if nothing worse, quickly comes upon them. ❋ AYDIN (2008)

Weak from inanition, confused from want of sleep, harassed with fatigue, and exhausted by perturbation, she felt now so ill, that she solemnly believed her fatal wish quick approaching. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In particular, he says, beware Earth shoes and “sensible” shoes; the former hints at Carteresque inanition, while the latter signals that all-out war is near at hand. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Admit, compassionate man, that it is necessary to suffer the most cruel need, and that it is very painful, for the sake of obtaining a little relief, to get oneself attested by the authorities as though one were not free to suffer and to die of inanition while waiting to have our misery relieved. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After a great slaughter, or pestilence, the rising subsided from inanition, but in such a manner that all preferred death to life under such conditions. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For it is a great mischief if to a patient debilitated by pain, and the acute nature of the disease, one administer drink, or more ptisan, or food, supposing that the debility proceeds from inanition. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The League would have to make itself responsible for the success of this experiment and save the paper which gave it birth, or die of inanition, for it is certainly not yet strong enough to leave its mother. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For that matter, it's a close cousin to inanition. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Here, the 83-year-old reflects on inanition, Anna Karenina, and Texas Hold 'Em. photograph by ❋ Unknown (2007)

Rhasis, [2929] repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For, unless they be seized with continual fever, a strict diet does more harm than good, by inducing inanition, and increasing the pain, fever, and cough; for moderate fullness of the intestines has a tendency to replace the ribs, while evacuation leads to suspension of the ribs, and suspension induces pain. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It may be reasonably inferred that our baby will first expire of inanition, as being the frailest member of our circle; and that our twins will follow next in order. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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