NIHILISM
\nˈa͡ɪəlˌɪzəm], \nˈaɪəlˌɪzəm], \n_ˈaɪ_ə_l_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of NIHILISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
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complete denial of all established authority and institutions
By Princeton University
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the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
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complete denial of all established authority and institutions
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Nothingness; nihility.
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The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.
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The theories and practices of the Nihilists.
By Oddity Software
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Nothingness; nihility.
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The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.
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The theories and practices of the Nihilists.
By Noah Webster.
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Nihilistic.
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A revolutionism, of Russian origin, bent on the overthrow of all government and existing institutions.
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Nihilist.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Belief in nothing, extreme scepticism: in Russia the system of certain socialists, most of whom seek to overturn all the existing institutions of society in order to build it up anew on different principles.
By Daniel Lyons
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