nihilism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nihilism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nihilism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nihilism n a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal Synonym(s): nihilistic delusion, nihilism complete denial of all established authority and institutions
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nihilism \Ni"hil*ism\, n. [L. nihil nothing: cf. F. nihilisme. See {Annihilate}.] 1. Nothingness; nihility. 2. The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality. 3. (Politics) The theories and practices of the Nihilists.