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Nihilism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nihilism? [n] a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake [n] complete denial of all established authority and institutions [n] the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nihilism: nihilistic delusion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nihilism: agnosia \| anarchism \| anarcho-syndicalism \| anarchy \| antinomianism \| block \| blocking \| chaos \| confusion \| criminal syndicalism \| cynicism \| defeatism \| delirium \| delusion \| delusion of persecution \| dismalness \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| disorientation \| disruption \| extreme left \| extreme left wing \| extremism \| flight of ideas \| gloominess \| gloomy outlook \| hallucination \| hallucinosis \| Jacobinism \| left-wing extremism \| lynch law \| malism \| mental block \| mental confusion \| misrule \| mob law \| mob rule \| mobocracy \| negativism \| New Left \| nihilistic delusion \| ochlocracy \| Old Left \| paralogia \| pessimism \| primal chaos \| psychological block \| radicalism \| radicalization \| rebellion \| retreatism \| revolution \| revolutionism \| sans-culotterie \| sans-culottism \| syndicalism \| tohubohu \| turmoil \| ultraconservatism \| ultraism \| uncheerfulness \| unruliness See Also \| anarchy \| delusion \| doctrine \| ism \| lawlessness \| philosophy \| psychotic belief \| school of thought Nihilism In Webster's Dictionary \Ni"hil*ism\, n. [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) The theories and practices of the Nihilists.

Nihilism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nihilism?

[n] a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
[n] complete denial of all established authority and institutions
[n] the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nihilism: nihilistic delusion

Nihilism In Webster's Dictionary

\Ni"hil*ism\, n. [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) The theories and practices of the Nihilists.

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