nihilism Definition

nihilism
noun

1. The rejection of moral and religious principles.

Thesaurus: rejection, denial, refusal, repudiation, atheism, renunciation, abnegation, negation, nullity, emptiness, nothingness, disbelief, pessimism, anarchy.
2. The view that nothing has real existence; extreme scepticism.
3. A 19c Russian movement aimed at overturning all social institutions.

Derivative: nihilist
noun

Someone who rejects moral and religious principles
Thesaurus: cynic, disbeliever, pessimist, negativist, agnostic, atheist; revolutionary, agitator, insurgent, anarchist, terrorist.

Derivative: nihilistic
adj

Etymology: 19c: from Latin nihil nothing.