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Pronunciation
IPA|Brit. /�n�ɪ(h)ɨ�lɪz(�)m/, /�nɪhɨ�lɪz(�)m/, /�ni�(h)ɨ�lɪz(�)m/ U.S. /�naɪ��lɪz(�)m/, /�ni��lɪz(�)m/

Etymology
From Latin nihil 'nothing'.

Noun
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1. philosophy Extreme scepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence.
2. The rejection of all moral principles.
3. A doctrine holding that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive program or possibility.
4. The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.
5. Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.

#: "...the bandmembers sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism" (rock critic Dave Marsh, reviewing the band XTC's album Go)

1. The deliberate refusal of belief to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.

Translations
trans-top|extreme scepticism
Croatian: t-|hr|nihilizam|m
Czech: t-|cs|nihilizmus|m
Finnish: t-|fi|nihilismi
German: t+|de|Nihilismus|m
Greek: t|el|μηδενι�μ��|m|sc=Grek (midenismós)
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Italian: t-|it|nichilismo|m
Lower Sorbian: nihilismus m
Polish: t|pl|nihilizm|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|niilismo|m
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trans-top|rejection of all moral principles
Croatian: t-|hr|nihilizam|m
Czech: t-|cs|nihilizmus|m
Finnish: t-|fi|nihilismi
German: t+|de|Nihilismus|m
Greek: t|el|μηδενι�μ��|m|sc=Grek (midenismós)
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Italian: t-|it|nichilismo|m
Lower Sorbian: nihilismus m
Polish: t|pl|nihilizm|m
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ttbc|Chinese: ��主� (xu wu zhu yi)
ttbc|Dutch: nihilisme n
ttbc|French: nihilisme
ttbc|Hebrew: נ������� (nihilizem)
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Related terms
nihilist
nihilistic

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• 2007-12-28 23:28 - Tbot - added t for de, pl, pt

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