Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nihilism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nihilism \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nihilism
n 1: a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the
social system for its own sake
2: the delusion that things (or everything, including the self)
do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal [syn: {nihilistic
delusion}]
3: complete denial of all established authority and
institutions
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