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nihilism

[ nahy-uh-liz-uhm, nee- ]

noun

  1. total rejection of established laws and institutions.
  2. anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity.
  3. total and absolute destructiveness, especially toward the world at large and including oneself:

    the power-mad nihilism that marked Hitler's last years.

  4. Philosophy.
    1. an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth.
    2. nothingness or nonexistence.
  5. (sometimes initial capital letter) the principles of a Russian revolutionary group, active in the latter half of the 19th century, holding that existing social and political institutions must be destroyed in order to clear the way for a new state of society and employing extreme measures, including terrorism and assassination.
  6. annihilation of the self, or the individual consciousness, especially as an aspect of mystical experience.


Nihilism

1

/ 藞苍补瑟瑟藢濒瑟锄蓹尘 /

noun

  1. (in tsarist Russia) any of several revolutionary doctrines that upheld terrorism
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nihilism

2

/ 藞苍补瑟瑟藢濒瑟锄蓹尘 /

noun

  1. a complete denial of all established authority and institutions
  2. philosophy an extreme form of scepticism that systematically rejects all values, belief in existence, the possibility of communication, etc
  3. a revolutionary doctrine of destruction for its own sake
  4. the practice or promulgation of terrorism
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nihilism

  1. An approach to philosophy that holds that human life is meaningless and that all religions, laws, moral codes, and political systems are thoroughly empty and false. The term is from the Latin nihil , meaning 鈥渘othing.鈥
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Derived Forms

  • 藞苍颈丑颈濒颈蝉迟, nounadjective
  • 藢苍颈丑颈濒藞颈蝉迟颈肠, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍颈顎僪颈濒路颈蝉迟 noun adjective
  • 苍颈顎卙颈濒路颈蝉顎僼颈肠 adjective
  • 补苍顎卼颈路苍颈顎僪颈濒路颈蝉尘 noun
  • an顎卼i路苍颈顎僪颈濒路颈蝉迟 noun adjective
  • 苍辞苍路苍颈顎僪颈濒路颈蝉尘 noun
  • non路苍颈顎僪颈濒路颈蝉迟 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nihilism1

First recorded in 1810鈥20; from Latin nihil 鈥渘othing鈥 (variant of nihilum; nil ) + -ism
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nihilism1

C19: from Latin nihil nothing + -ism , on the model of German Nihilismus
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Where will we be after four years of this destructive revolution of nihilism?

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You describe the modern right as motivated by "reactionary nihilism."

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Like, they just have this kind of nihilism.

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It's hard for me to look back on 2024 without feeling nihilism 鈥 nothing mattered.

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And Rundell maintains that there are things we can still do to save these magical, breathtaking creatures: Vote, invest carefully, protest, educate, consume less, refuse to give in to 鈥渉alf-baked nihilism.鈥

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