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Emotional feeling or mental state
People may face feelings of insignificance due to a number of causes, including having low self-esteem, being depressed, living in a huge, impersonal city
Insignificance
1985 film by Nicolas Roeg
Insignificance is a 1985 British alternative history comedy drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, and starring Gary Busey, Michael Emil, Theresa Russell
Insignificance_(film)
2014 novel by Milan Kundera
The Festival of Insignificance (French: La fête de l'insignifiance) is a novel by Milan Kundera. This is his eleventh and final fictional work before his
The Festival of Insignificance
The_Festival_of_Insignificance
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up insignificance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Insignificance is a mental or psychological state. Insignificance may also refer to: Insignificance
Insignificance (disambiguation)
Insignificance_(disambiguation)
1996 studio album by Porcupine Tree
demos, which had previously been released on the B-side cassette tape Insignificance, and a third time, on vinyl, on 9 May 2011. It was the first album that
Signify_(album)
2001 studio album by Jim O'Rourke
Insignificance is the second singer-songwriter album by Jim O'Rourke, originally released on November 19, 2001, by Drag City. It is named after the Nicolas
Insignificance (Jim O'Rourke album)
Insignificance_(Jim_O'Rourke_album)
Concept in inferential statistics
In statistical hypothesis testing, a result has statistical significance when a result at least as extreme would be very infrequent if the null hypothesis
Statistical_significance
2000 studio album by Pearl Jam
"Parting Ways". Vedder had written music for several songs, including "Insignificance" and "Grievance", but was having trouble coming up with lyrics for the
Binaural_(album)
American actress (born 1957)
portrayed Marilyn Monroe in Roeg's experimental alternate history film Insignificance (1985), followed by a lead role as a serial killer in Bob Rafelson's
Theresa_Russell
2013 studio album by Hebe Tien
Insignificance (Chinese: 渺小; pinyin: Miǎoxiǎo) is the third studio album of Taiwanese singer Hebe Tien, released on 29 November 2013 by HIM International
Insignificance (Hebe Tien album)
Insignificance_(Hebe_Tien_album)
Turkish actress (born 1973)
Istanbul Folk Theatre. For her performance on stage in an adaptation of Insignificance, she was given the Most Successful Actress award at the 9th Afife Theatre
Dolunay_Soysert
English actor (born 1943)
Kingsley stated: I told the Queen that winning an Oscar pales into insignificance—this is insurmountable. I'm fascinated by the ancient, by mythology
Ben_Kingsley
Scottish actor and stage director (born 1944)
Shakespeare's plays. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor for Insignificance (1982) and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Faith
Ian_McDiarmid
2018 collection of short stories by Xu Xi
Insignificance: Hong Kong Stories is a 2018 collection of short stories by Xu Xi, published by Signal 8 Press. The book has eleven stories total. Xu Xi
Insignificance: Hong Kong Stories
Insignificance:_Hong_Kong_Stories
1986 single by Big Audio Dynamite
Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Eureka (1983), and Insignificance (1985). Its lyrics refer directly to many of them. For example: The
E=MC2_(song)
Literary philosophy
intergalactic existence." The most prominent theme is humanity's fear of their insignificance in an incomprehensibly large universe: a fear of the cosmic void. Cosmicism
Cosmicism
Swiss-Israeli psychologist
papers and two books on the topic, The Designed Self and The Fear of Insignificance. He spoke regularly about globalisation and world-citizenship, among
Carlo_Strenger
Inner conflict due to perceived meaninglessness
Feelings of loneliness and insignificance in the face of nature are common in existential crises.
Existential_crisis
American writer (1919–2014)
Popular culture "Candle in the Wind" (1973 song) Marilyn (1980 opera) Insignificance (1985 film) Taxi (1988 pinball machine) Calendar Girl (1993 film) Marilyn
Berniece_Baker_Miracle
Taiwanese singer and actress
for Best Mandarin Album and Best Music Video for her song "My Love". Insignificance was released on 29 November 2013, following the music video of her same-titled
Hebe_Tien
Term that describes an insignificant location
are often used in the upper case as a placeholder name, to indicate insignificance and lack of importance. The word podunk is of Algonquian origin. It
Podunk
English actor (1940–2017)
Tale – and taking the role of Albert Einstein in Terry Johnson's play Insignificance, in Harrogate in 1999. Walker was born James S. Chalton in Bournemouth
James_Walker_(actor)
Cohort born from 1981 to 1996
after 1980 the wealth premium has weakened to point of statistical insignificance (in part because of the rising cost of college) and the income premium
Millennials
Indian industrialist (1839–1904)
Jain temple depicting Shrimad Rajchandra and Jamsetji Tata at his bungalow where Shrimad spoke about insignificance of transient material possessions.
Jamsetji_Tata
American born actor active in the United Kingdom (born 1955)
Hirsch's film roles include The Lonely Lady (1983), Superman III (1983), Insignificance (1985), The American Way (1986), Haunted Honeymoon (1986), Wild West
Lou_Hirsch
Czech and French novelist (1929–2023)
(L'Identité) (1998) Ignorance (L'Ignorance) (2000) The Festival of Insignificance (La fête de l'insignifiance) (2014) Laughable Loves (Směšné lásky) (1969)
Milan_Kundera
Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2024. "Insignificance" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013
Hebe_Tien_discography
English film director and cinematographer (1928–2018)
release both theatrically and on home video. It was followed up with Insignificance, which imagines a meeting between Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Monroe's
Nicolas_Roeg
1998 compilation album by Porcupine Tree
Divine tour. The tracks "Insignificance" and "Door to the River" appeared on the original cassette release of Insignificance. Allmusic review ""METANOIA"
Metanoia (Porcupine Tree album)
Metanoia_(Porcupine_Tree_album)
2025 studio album by Water from Your Eyes
is an alternative pop and rock album that explores themes of cosmic insignificance versus human importance, the nature of meaning, and the challenges of
It's_a_Beautiful_Place
2009 studio album by Jim O'Rourke
Tokyo. It marks his first proper studio album in eight years since Insignificance, released in 2001, and is intended to be a continuation of that album
The Visitor (Jim O'Rourke album)
The_Visitor_(Jim_O'Rourke_album)
Political party in Germany
Alliance for Germany electoral coalition. After 1990, it fell into insignificance, only holding a few seats on the local level. According to its 2006
German Social Union (East Germany)
German_Social_Union_(East_Germany)
English author (c. 1823–1915)
that other, notable, 19th century authors of patience games "pale into insignificance" when compared with her. Mary Whitmore Jones was born around 1823 and
Mary_Whitmore_Jones
Sultan of Bijapur from 1558 to 1580
to power the Afāqis while relegating the Deccanis to a position of insignificance. He subverted all the dogmatic experiments which his father had practiced
Ali_Adil_Shah_I
Native American actor (1933–1987)
and the archetypal Elevator Attendant in Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film, Insignificance. Sampson was a visual artist. His large painting depicting the Ribbon
Will_Sampson
2021 self-help book about time management by Oliver Burkeman
family, friends, and community. Burkeman champions what he calls "cosmic insignificance therapy": "what you do with your life doesn’t matter all that much—and
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Four_Thousand_Weeks:_Time_Management_for_Mortals
1997 studio album by Jim O'Rourke
Roeg. It is one of a trio of O'Rourke albums, along with Eureka and Insignificance, to be named after Roeg films from the 1980s. MusicHound Rock: The Essential
Bad_Timing_(album)
1999 EP by Jim O'Rourke
City Domino Producer Jim O'Rourke/Jeremy Lemos/Konrad Strauss Jim O'Rourke chronology Eureka (1999) Halfway to a Threeway (1999) Insignificance (2001)
Halfway_to_a_Threeway
Country in West Africa
links between Britain and France caused Liberia to sink into 'economic insignificance.' Despite this, some trade relations remained between Liberia and Germany
Liberia
Force that acts between the protons and neutrons of atoms
about 0.8 femtometre (fm, or 0.8×10−15 m), but it rapidly decreases to insignificance at distances beyond about 2.5 fm. At distances less than 0.7 fm, the
Nuclear_force
American actor (1948–2005)
cancer. Hootkins also starred in the original production of Johnson's Insignificance at the Royal Court Theatre. He played Uncle Pleasent in Nicholas Hytner's
William_Hootkins
American-Australian actor and boxer
Mercurio Productions 1981 True West Saul Playbox Theatre, Melbourne 1985 Insignificance The Senator SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC & Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
Gus_Mercurio
American actor (born 1944)
acclaimed western Barbarosa (1982), the comedies D.C. Cab (1983) and Insignificance (1985), the Stephen King adaptation Silver Bullet (1985), and the action
Gary_Busey
Indifferent sound enhances tragic apathy in film
This type of sound can thereby enhance a sense of tragic apathy and insignificance, as when a radio continues to play a happy tune when a character dies
Anempathetic_sound
1989 Swiss film
novel Minnie oder Ein Fall von Geringfügigkeit ("Minnie, or a Case of Insignificance") by Hans Werner Kettenbach. A British lawyer on holiday in Tennessee
Tennessee_Waltz_(film)
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Relativity (1923 documentary) Relics: Einstein's Brain (1994 documentary) Insignificance (1985 film) Young Einstein (1988 film) Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1993
Albert_Einstein
2013 album by Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi
Kreismusik. The album features lyrics focusing on themes such as the insignificance of humanity, mental health, and the origin of everything. The album
Expedition_ins_O
special) Nicolas Roeg Theresa Russell Bad Timing (1980), Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), Track 29 (1988), Cold Heaven (1991), Hotel Paradise (1995, short)
List of film director and actor collaborations
List_of_film_director_and_actor_collaborations
Piece written by the Chinese poet Su Shi
hero of an era, but was no longer there. This made him realize the insignificance of human beings in comparison to the river and universe. Su Shi, however
Former_Ode_on_the_Red_Cliffs
American musician (born 1969)
focus on more traditional song craft: Bad Timing (1997), Eureka (1999), Insignificance (2001), The Visitor (2009) and Simple Songs (2015). The titles of the
Jim_O'Rourke_(musician)
Debate about credit for general relativity
Albert Einstein's discovery of the gravitational field equations of general relativity and David Hilbert's almost simultaneous derivation of the theory
General relativity priority dispute
General_relativity_priority_dispute
Tree described in Islamic hadith
According to several Sunni Islamic hadiths that describe Islamic eschatology, Gharqad (Arabic: غرقد) is a kind of tree that would protect Jews from Muslims
Gharqad
English actor (born 1964)
in 2002, in which he played Moonface Martin and Terry Johnson's play Insignificance. He has performed as a comedy team, The Brothers Marquez, with his brother
Martin_Marquez
American actress
include the drama Eureka (1983); the experimental alternate history film Insignificance (1985), in which Russell portrayed Marilyn Monroe; and the dramas Track
Theresa_Russell_filmography
2001 studio album by Jim O'Rourke
Length 40:43 Label Mego Producer Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke chronology Insignificance (2001) I’m Happy, and I’m Singing, and a 1, 2, 3, 4 (2001) Mizu No Nai
I'm Happy and I'm Singing and a 1, 2, 3, 4
I'm_Happy_and_I'm_Singing_and_a_1,_2,_3,_4
American policeman, Marilyn Monroe's first husband (1921–2005)
Popular culture "Candle in the Wind" (1973 song) Marilyn (1980 opera) Insignificance (1985 film) Taxi (1988 pinball machine) Calendar Girl (1993 film) Marilyn
James Dougherty (police officer)
James_Dougherty_(police_officer)
Popular culture "Candle in the Wind" (1973 song) Marilyn (1980 opera) Insignificance (1985 film) Taxi (1988 pinball machine) Calendar Girl (1993 film) Marilyn
List of performances and awards of Marilyn Monroe
List_of_performances_and_awards_of_Marilyn_Monroe
Small ant; also a pejorative
The word is also used as a pejorative noun or adjective, indicating insignificance. The original pissant is any of a certain group of large ant species
Pissant
English actress
November 2022. Daisy Pulls It Off Elton John's Glasses by David Farr Insignificance by Terry Johnson Writers: Matthew Cooke and Vincent Lund; Director:
Gabrielle_Glaister
2002 film by Dharmesh Darshan
without the backing of a cohesive script, the best of stars pale into insignificance." Ronjita Kulkarni of Rediff gave a negative review, writing, "Haan…
Haan_Maine_Bhi_Pyaar_Kiya
1933 German law that established the Nazi Party
passage and approval to the Reichstag or the Reich President. Reduced to insignificance, the Reichstag would only pass seven laws over the next nine years.
Law Against the Formation of Parties
Law_Against_the_Formation_of_Parties
2008 James Bond film by Marc Forster
played by Judi Dench, to front and centre: the Bond girls fade into insignificance as she becomes his moral counterpoint and theirs is the only real relationship
Quantum_of_Solace
1949 book by Simone de Beauvoir
inferiority that has determined their historical insignificance: It is their historical insignificance that has doomed them to inferiority". Beauvoir provides
The_Second_Sex
American sculptor
Jean-Pierre Canlis sculpting a section of his piece "Insignificance."
Jean-Pierre_Canlis
Technique for forming glass
Glassblower Jean-Pierre Canlis sculpting a section of his piece "Insignificance"
Glassblowing
Position of prayer
inner feeling through a fresh awareness of your own importance and insignificance before the might and grandeur of your Lord. To confirm this, you seek
Ruku
Greek island group in the Aegean Sea
highly organized palace-culture of Crete arose, the islands faded into insignificance, with the exception of Delos, which retained its archaic reputation
Cyclades
British dramatist and director
at Banff, and a BAFTA for Rhys Ifans. The film version of his play Insignificance (directed by Nicolas Roeg) was the official British entry at the Cannes
Terry_Johnson_(dramatist)
Township in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
called Rabaul, although the old town of Rabaul was reduced to practical insignificance by the volcanic eruption in 1937. As a tourist destination, Rabaul is
Rabaul
German film composer (born 1957)
worked are Moonlighting (1982), Success Is the Best Revenge (1984), Insignificance (1985), and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). Zimmer's first solo score
Hans_Zimmer
British playwright
Directors.[citation needed] He is co-author of a book about the 1985 film Insignificance[citation needed] and the Robbie Coltrane biography Looking For Robbie
Neil_Norman
Place in Beni Department, Bolivia
the Bolivian Revolution of 1952 the artificial jungle town sank into insignificance once and for all. Today, Cachuela Esperanza has a mere 200 inhabitants
Cachuela_Esperanza
American film, television and stage actor (born 1939)
Unmarried Woman Edward Thoreaux 1980 Christmas Evil Detective Gleason 1985 Insignificance Ballplayer's Father Year of the Dragon Louis Bukowski 1986 Slow Burn
Raymond_J._Barry
Ways of speaking that shape feelings
Hysteria Ikigai (sense of purpose) Indulgence Infatuation Insecurity Insignificance Inspiration Interest Irritation Isolation Jealousy Joy Kindness Loneliness
Vocabulary_of_emotions
Elevated view of an object or location from above
overall establishing shot of a scene, or to emphasise the smallness or insignificance of the subjects. It is shot by lifting the camera up by hands or by
Bird's-eye_view
1959 film
landing operation. They face a small Japanese force that enjoys the insignificance of their post and sake. The only black GI hurts his leg and hides in
Blood_and_Steel_(1959_film)
Feature seen when light is gravitationally lensed by an object
Relativity (1923 documentary) Relics: Einstein's Brain (1994 documentary) Insignificance (1985 film) Young Einstein (1988 film) Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1993
Einstein_ring
English theatre director
Hampstead Theatre 2003 Othello Northampton/ Greenwich Theatre 2004 Insignificance Northampton 2004 Summer Lightning Northampton 2005 Hamlet Northampton
Rupert_Goold
2015 studio album by Jim O'Rourke
nearly fourteen years after O'Rourke's previous singer-songwriter album Insignificance (2001). At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100
Simple Songs (Jim O'Rourke album)
Simple_Songs_(Jim_O'Rourke_album)
American actor and author
Frances de la Tour 1981 Private Dick Shamey Newcastle Playhouse 1986 Insignificance Senator Theatre Royal, Plymouth 1990 Bus Stop Will Masters Watford Palace
Bill_Bailey_(American_actor)
Prince of Goryeo
personality and he also secretly had different thoughts with people of insignificance. Wang So also said that Hyoeun had a violent temperament and the intention
Prince_Hyoeun
American alternative rock band
Speedwagon ("by, of and for the mainstream") and concluding their ultimate insignificance. Fred Armisen said the band simply "flew past us" in the 90s Chicago
The_Smashing_Pumpkins
Novelist and screenwriter
War Zone, Stuart also served as executive producer of Nicolas Roeg's Insignificance, based on Terry Johnson's play, which brought together a fictionalized
Alexander_Stuart_(writer)
Subgenre of horror
merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale, and uncompromising negativity
Lovecraftian_horror
US Supreme Court justice from 1811 to 1835
even the uninitiated observer that he achieved an enviable standard of insignificance against which all other justices must be measured." Easterbrook responded
Gabriel_Duvall
Expressions for approximation accuracy
ordinality of the approximation is not exact, but is used to emphasize the insignificance of the effect. For example, one might say "Of course the rotation of
Order_of_approximation
Australian actress (born 1947)
au. "Celluloid Heroes". Theatregold. Retrieved 24 September 2025. "Insignificance". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 24 September 2025. "Unsuitable for Adults"
Kate_Fitzpatrick
Obsolete primate taxon
admitted: for in the first place, we must bear in mind the comparative insignificance for classification of the great development of the brain in man, and
Quadrumana
Rule-like system shaping how people should feel
Hysteria Ikigai (sense of purpose) Indulgence Infatuation Insecurity Insignificance Inspiration Interest Irritation Isolation Jealousy Joy Kindness Loneliness
Emotion_regime
Trials of Nazi German leaders
avoided incriminating each other. Most defendants argued their own insignificance within the Nazi system, though Göring took the opposite approach, expecting
Nuremberg_trials
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Popular culture "Candle in the Wind" (1973 song) Marilyn (1980 opera) Insignificance (1985 film) Taxi (1988 pinball machine) Calendar Girl (1993 film) Marilyn
Marilyn_Monroe
British actor and director
whom he has directed Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, Terry Johnson's Insignificance, The Hotel Plays and Hard Feelings. His longtime partner Amy and their
James_Hillier_(actor)
American guitarist
Premiere Guitar. "Music Review: Dredd Foole & Ben Chasny - Drunk with Insignificance". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ben Chasny. Homecoming King
Ben_Chasny
French actress (born 1977)
Vendre ! Laurent Pelly & Agathe Mélinand Laurent Pelly The Rising Tide of Insignificance Cornelius Castoriadis Emmanuel Daumas 2004 L'Échange Paul Claudel Emmanuel
Audrey_Fleurot
1532 battle during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
an omission that has been explained as due either to its relative insignificance to the Inca or to confusion between the events of the two days.[citation
Battle_of_Cajamarca
Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964
Pure'. Nehru angrily declared that "all the old problems ... pale into insignificance before the latest stand taken by the Muslim League leader in Lahore"
Jawaharlal_Nehru
Area in London, England
Ham or Canning Town. A slight population decline to 1931 paled into insignificance by the devastation wrought on this area in World War II, when bombing
Custom_House,_Newham
Figure of speech using repetition
easy to perceive how soon they would each dwindle into comparative insignificance." — The Federalist No. 4 The statement and poem "First They Came" by
Symploce
English actor (born 1946)
Warehouse, Armstrong appeared as Albert Einstein in Terry Johnson's Insignificance in 1995, and he played Hamm in Samuel Beckett's Endgame in 1996. He
Alun_Armstrong
2000 live album by Pearl Jam
"Immortality" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 7:02 "Insignificance" (Vedder) – 4:46 "Rearviewmirror" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready
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