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Nietzscheanism

Nietzscheanism

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Ideas by Friedrich Nietzsche that question moral values, praise a strong will, and imagine a superior person
  • noun
  • /niˈtʃeɪzənˌɪzəm/
  • Formal
: nietzscheanismo
  • Despite a deeper insight into the intricacies of Nietzschean historicism, Connolly is no more successful in negotiating this paradox of postmodern Nietzscheanism than Honig is.

In all honesty, it is a phrase that would have remained hollow and abstract for me, a mere idea, a dime store Nietzscheanism, were it not for three things.

Examples

  • Placed in counterpoint to Schulze's Nietzscheanism, Polentinos's voice recalls that of Schopenhauer's pessimistic nihilism.

    Academic text (1992)

  • This mild and highly qualified Nietzscheanism is something that I've often observed in the weak.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In all honesty, it is a phrase that would have remained hollow and abstract for me, a mere idea, a dime store Nietzscheanism, were it not for three things.

    Harvard University

  • However, Harald Beyer argues that Hamsun's Nietzscheanism is also evident in his last memoir, an argument to which I subscribe.

    Academic text (1999)

  • A romantic Nietzscheanism lurked at the Weimar Bauhaus, inhabiting the souls of its artistically inclined idealists.

    Academic text (2003)

  • While I have my own reasons for admiring some of Holmes's work—despite, rather than because of, the Nietzscheanism that endears him to Judge Posner—I think that everything Holmes thought and taught about natural law is wrong.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Nietzscheanism promotes the idea that individuals must redefine their own values to achieve true understanding.

  • Many artists have drawn inspiration from Nietzscheanism to challenge conventional beliefs and embrace creativity.

  • A detailed study of Nietzscheanism reveals its emphasis on the will to power and the pursuit of personal excellence.

Surface Forms

Nietzscheanism singular
Nietzscheanisms plural

Morphology

Nietzscheanism = Nietzschean (transparent) = Nietzsche + an + ism

Formed from the adjective 'Nietzschean' plus the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism', so the meaning 'doctrines of Nietzsche' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word Nietzscheanism comes from the name of the German philosopher Nietzsche and the ending -ism, which means 'a system of beliefs'. So Nietzscheanism is the set of ideas from Friedrich Nietzsche, especially those that question old moral values and support the 'will to power'.