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Definition nihilism

Etymology

From German Nihilismus, itself from Latin nihil (“nil, nothing”) + German -ismus (“-ism”), coined in 1817 by German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, but repeatedly 'reinvented'.

Noun

nihilism (countable and uncountable, plural nihilisms)

1. (philosophy) A philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.
2. (ethics) The rejection of inherent or objective moral principles.
3. (politics) The rejection of non-rationalized or non-proven assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
4. (politics, historical) A Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
5. The understanding that all endeavors are devoid of objective meaning.
6. The refusal of belief, that belief itself is untenable.

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