Ex Nihilo

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
EN
Pronunciation
/ˌɛks ˈnaɪhɪloʊ/
Category
International
Related Field
Latin

Examples in Context

  1. In a similar vein, some people may feel that the claim that God created the world ex nihilo ( from nothing ) is irrational since we have no conception of nihilo.
  2. Eventually Baudrillard devoted his thinking of Nothing and ex nihilo to the explanation of the truth of art and the reality of contemporary art.
  3. According to the Book of Genesis, the universe began in a single, flashing act of creation; the divine intellect willed all into being, ex nihilo.

Other meanings of EN