NIHILISM

nihilism

(noun) a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake

nihilism

(noun) complete denial of all established authority and institutions

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nihilism (countable and uncountable, plural nihilisms)

(usually, uncountable) The view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning.

Synonym: existential nihilism

(usually, uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc, often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).

Synonym: moral nihilism

(usually, uncountable, politics) The rejection of non-proven or non-rationalized assertions in the social and political spheres of society.

(uncountable, psychiatry) A delusion that oneself or the world, or parts thereof, have ceased to exist.

(uncountable, Russia, politics, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Nihilism (“a Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change”)

(countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.

Antonym: antinihilism

(countable) Something that is regarded as meaningless.

Etymology

Proper noun

Nihilism

(Russia, politics, historical) A movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ni"hil*ism, n. Etym: [L. nihil nothing: cf. F. nihilisme. See Annihilate.]

1. Nothingness; nihility.

2. The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.

3. (Politics)

Definition: The theories and practices of the Nihilists.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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