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Nihilism meaning in English

Meaning of Nihilism in English

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Nihilism pronunciation in English

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Nihilism

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Noun

1. nihilism

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

2. nihilism, nihilistic delusion

the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal

3. nihilism

complete denial of all established authority and institutions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nihilism

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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
noun
(in tsarist Russia) any of several revolutionary doctrines that upheld terrorism

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Nihilism

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noun
1.  Philosophy
a. 
the denial of the existence of any basis for knowledge or truth
b. 
the general rejection of customary beliefs in morality, religion, etc.
: also ethical nihilism
2. 
the belief that there is no meaning or purpose in existence
3.  Politics
a. 
the doctrine that existing social, political, and economic institutions must be completely destroyed in order to make way for new institutions
b.  [N-]
a movement in Russia (c. 1860-1917) which advocated such revolutionary reform and attempted to carry it out through the use of terrorism and assassination
c.  Loosely
any violent revolutionary movement involving the use of terrorism

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Nihilism

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n.
1. Philosophy The doctrine that nothing actually exists or that existence or values are meaningless.
2. Relentless negativity or cynicism suggesting an absence of values or beliefs: nihilism in postwar art.
3.
a. Political belief or action that advocates or commits violence or terrorism without discernible constructive goals.
b. also Nihilism A diffuse, revolutionary movement of mid-19th-century Russia that scorned authority and tradition and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society and government through terrorism and assassination.
4. Psychiatry A delusion, experienced in some mental disorders, that the world or one's mind, body, or self does not exist.

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