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Recent Examples of meaninglessness
The meaninglessness made Kinney’s use of the phrase reach a sort of ultra-virality that has been steadily growing all year.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
Is this, as The Wall Street Journal recently described it, akin to if absurdist-existentialist philosopher Albert Camus had a TikTok, given his firm grasp of meaninglessness?
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Whether through meditation, prayer, ritual, or service, spiritual engagement appears to offer a sense of belonging and alignment with something greater—an antidote to isolation and meaninglessness in an age that often prizes individualism.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
She’s contacted by an alternate version of her husband who tells her that another version of their daughter, Joy, has been driven mad by the apparent meaninglessness of any single version of existence.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
Is this, as The Wall Street Journal recently described it, akin to if absurdist-existentialist philosopher Albert Camus had a TikTok, given his firm grasp of meaninglessness?
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Whether through meditation, prayer, ritual, or service, spiritual engagement appears to offer a sense of belonging and alignment with something greater—an antidote to isolation and meaninglessness in an age that often prizes individualism.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
She’s contacted by an alternate version of her husband who tells her that another version of their daughter, Joy, has been driven mad by the apparent meaninglessness of any single version of existence.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaninglessness
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Or are the Seminoles at risk of sliding into irrelevance if trips to the Gator Bowl become acceptable?—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Perhaps the biggest challenge for Jolly and Duncan is whether their party shifts will lead to success — or political irrelevance.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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The county said construction for the park would not take place within 200 feet of roosting sites for the bat, but provided no evidence to support that as a proper buffer, adding another inadequacy to the environmental review, Bacal said.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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The 2024 three-part docuseries American Nightmare dives headfirst into several thought-provoking issues, like victim blaming and the glaring inadequacies in the criminal justice system.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Meaninglessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaninglessness. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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