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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nihilist  \Ni"hil*ist\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  nihiliste.  See  {Nihilism}.] 
  1.  One  who  advocates  the  doctrine  of  nihilism;  one  who 
  believes  or  teaches  that  nothing  can  be  known  or  asserted 
  to  exist. 
 
  2.  (Politics)  A  member  of  a  secret  association  (esp.  in 
  Russia),  which  is  devoted  to  the  destruction  of  the 
  present  political,  religious,  and  social  institutions. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nihilist 
  n  1:  someone  who  rejects  all  theories  of  morality  or  religious 
  belief 
  2:  an  advocate  of  anarchism  [syn:  {anarchist},  {syndicalist}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  NIHILIST,  n.  A  Russian  who  denies  the  existence  of  anything  but 
  Tolstoi.  The  leader  of  the  school  is  Tolstoi. 
 
 




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