NULLITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nullity mean? 

• NULLITY (noun)
  The noun NULLITY has 2 senses:

1. the state of nonexistence

2. something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

  Familiarity information: NULLITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NULLITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of nonexistence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nihility; nothingness; nullity; void

Hypernyms ("nullity" is a kind of...):

nonentity; nonexistence (the state of not existing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nullity"):

thin air (nowhere to be found in a giant void)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("nullity" is a kind of...):

act; enactment (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body)

Derivation:

null (lacking any legal or binding force)