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   Ni·hil·ism

   /ˈnīəˌliz(ə)m/

   

   noun

   • 1. the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless. Similar negativitycynicismpessimismrejectionrepudiationrenunciationdenialabnegationdisbeliefnonbeliefunbeliefskepticismlack of convictionabsence of moral valuesagnosticismatheismnontheism
   • ▪ extreme skepticism maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence.
   • ▪ the doctrine of an extreme Russian revolutionary party c. 1900 which found nothing to approve of in the established social order.

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Latin nihil ‘nothing’ + -ism.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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