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Definitions for Nihilism

[1] total rejection of established laws and institutions.
[2] anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity.
[3] total and absolute destructiveness, especially toward the world at large and including oneself: the power-mad nihilism that marked Hitler's last years.
[4] Philosophy . an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth. nothingness or nonexistence.
[5] (sometimes initial capital letter ) the principles of a Russian revolutionary group, active in the latter half of the 19th century, holding that existing social and political institutions must be destroyed in order to clear the way for a new state of society and employing extreme measures, including terrorism and assassination.
[6] annihilation of the self, or the individual consciousness, especially as an aspect of mystical experience.
[7] a complete denial of all established authority and institutions
[8] philosophy an extreme form of scepticism that systematically rejects all values, belief in existence, the possibility of communication, etc
[9] a revolutionary doctrine of destruction for its own sake
[10] the practice or promulgation of terrorism
[11] (in tsarist Russia) any of several revolutionary doctrines that upheld terrorism

Words related to Nihilism

atheism, lawlessness, anarchy, denial, rejection, disbelief, abnegation, renunciation, skepticism, disorder, repudiation, agnosticism, terrorism

Words nearby Nihilism

nigrostriatal, nih, nihe, nihil, nihil obstat, nihilism, nihilistic, nihility, nihon, nii, niigata

Origin of Nihilism

1810–20; < Latin nihil nothing (variant of nihilum; see nil) + -ism

Other words from Nihilism

ni·hil·ist , noun, adjective
ni·hil·is·tic , adjective
an·ti·ni·hil·ism , noun
an·ti·ni·hil·ist , noun, adjective
non·ni·hil·ism , noun
non·ni·hil·ist , noun

Word origin for Nihilism

C19: from Latin nihil nothing + -ism , on the model of German Nihilismus

Synonyms for Nihilism

anarchy, atheism, lawlessness, abnegation, agnosticism, denial, disbelief, disorder, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, skepticism, terrorism, mob rule, nonbelief