nihilist
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪhɪlɪst/
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nihilista
- These men are nihilists.
- Such nihilists
It's like, well, if you're a nihilist, genuinely, you've lost all hope.
- It's like, well, if you're a nihilist, genuinely, you've lost all hope.
- Nietzsche is sort of seen by some as a nihilist hero.
- E there is no meaning, as the nihilists have said.
- So it Nihilists, as the name would suggest, do reject all prior certainties.
- And then he says it's very much the same with nihilists.
- And the adventurer comes right after the nihilist because they have some things in common.
- Holidays is offensive to Satanists or nihilists.
- Hardcore viewers will know that I'm what's called a myriological nihilist, which is this, this view that myriology is the study of parts.
Examples
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The nihilist believes that life has no inherent meaning or purpose.
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You end up being a nihilist, and a nihilistic businessman cannot function.
Fiction book (1993) -
And so the nihilist is in certain respects not going far enough.
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Not all of us have the luxury of playing nihilist.
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And the adventurer comes right after the nihilist because they have some things in common.
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So, Richter... why are you such a nihilist?
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Such a cynic, my sister, a nihilist.
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I believe it would be fair to say that most nihilists have been influenced by Nietzsche.
Blog text (14) -
And that's why a nihilist, a true nihilist would never have a conversation with a religious person and be like, there's no God.
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He's a nihilist.
Antonyms
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A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea
How Nihilistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
nihilist = nihilism (transparent) = nihil + ist
The agentive suffix '-ist' is productively added to the idea of 'nihilism', yielding 'one who holds nihilist beliefs', which is directly derivable.
Etymology
Nihilist comes from the Latin root nihil, which means 'nothing'. So a nihilist is someone who treats ideas, values, or rules as if they are 'nothing' and therefore rejects them.