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How to pronounce nihilism in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nihilistic delusion
Type of psychotic belief, delusion
Type Words
Type of philosophical system, philosophy, doctrine, ism, school of thought
Derivation nihilist, nihilistic
Type Words
Type of lawlessness, anarchy
Derivation nihilist, nihilistic

Examples of nihilism

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The self-same Greg Clark who now excoriates conservationists for their nihilism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
During that same period, the son of the local priest introduced her to nihilism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Looking out across his bleak, windless landscapes, they see nothing but nihilism.
From the time.com
Finally, Parks dresses up her tawdry melodrama with affected symbolic nihilism.
From the sacbee.com
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Moral nihilism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In one night of hedonism and nihilism, a section of Tottenham turned on itself.
From the guardian.co.uk
A sense of disillusionment and cynicism became pronounced, with nihilism growing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Existential nihilism is the belief that life has no intrinsic meaning or value.
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As for nihilism and hatred of humankind, it teaches us nothing, except to give up.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • A revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
  • Nihilistic delusion: the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
  • Complete denial of all established authority and institutions
  • (nihilist) someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief
  • (nihilist) anarchist: an advocate of anarchism
  • (nihilistic) of or relating to nihilism
  • Nihilism (or ; from the Latin nihil, nothing) is the philosophical doctrine suggesting the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life. ...
  • (Nihilist (band)) Nihilist was a Swedish Scandinavian death metal band formed in 1987 by Nicke Andersson and Alex Hellid.
  • Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence; The rejection of all moral principles; (capitalized by protagonist Turgenev) A Russian anarchistic revolutionary doctrine (1860-1917) holding that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction ...