Nihilist
['naɪɪlɪst]
Definition
(noun.) someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief.
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Definition
(n.) One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.
(n.) A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.
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Examples
- A Nihilist plot--that's what I make it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We were reformers--revolutionists--Nihilists, you understand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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