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Definitions of nihilism in various dictionaries:
noun - a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
noun - the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist
noun - complete denial of all established authority and institutions
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| The name of this philosophy that began in Russia in the 1850s is derived from the Latin noun for "nothing" |
| In philosophy it's a doctrine that nothing exists & there is no objective truth |
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| a belief that all political and religious organizations are bad, or a system of thought that says that there are no principles or beliefs that have any meaning or can be true |
| the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless. |
| a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake |
| complete denial of all established authority and institutions |
| the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist a sense that everything is unreal |
| Philosophy An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence. |
| Philosophy A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. |
| Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief. |
| The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement. |
| A diffuse, revolutionary movement of mid 19th-century Russia that scorned authority and tradition and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society and government through terrorism and assassination. |
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Nihilism (; from Latin nihil, meaning 'nothing') is the philosophical viewpoint that suggests the denial or lack of belief towards the reputedly meaningful aspects of life. Most commonly, nihilism is presented in the form of existential nihilism, which argues that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value. Moral nihilists assert that there is no inherent morality, and that accepted moral values are abstractly contrived. Nihilism may also take epistemological, ontological, or metaphysical forms, meaning respectively that, in some aspect, knowledge is not possible, or reality does not actually exist. * The term is sometimes used in association with anomie to explain the general mood of despair at a perceived pointlessness of existence that one may develop upon realising there are no necessary norms, rules, or laws.Nihilism has also been described as conspicuous in or constitutive of certain historical periods: for example, Jean Baudrillard and others have called post |