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nihilism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nihilism 
  n  1:  a  revolutionary  doctrine  that  advocates  destruction  of  the 
  social  system  for  its  own  sake 
  2:  complete  denial  of  all  established  authority  and 
  institutions 




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