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ni·hil·ism
/
ˈ
najə
ˌ
l
ɪ
zəm/
noun
[
noncount
]
formal
1
:
the belief that traditional morals, ideas, beliefs, etc., have no worth or value
2
:
the belief that a society's political and social institutions are so bad that they should be destroyed
— ni·hil·ist
/
ˈ
najəl
ɪ
st/
noun
,
plural
ni·hil·ists
[
count
]
— ni·hil·is·tic
/
ˌ
najə
ˈ
l
ɪ
st
ɪ
k/
adjective
[
more nihilistic; most nihilistic
]
▪
a
nihilistic
vision of the world
▪
nihilistic
people
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