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   nihilist
         n 1: someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious
               belief
         2: an advocate of anarchism [syn: {anarchist}, {nihilist},
            {syndicalist}]

English Dictionary: nihilistic delusion by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nihilistic
adj
  1. of or relating to nihilism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nihilistic delusion
n
  1. the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
    Synonym(s): nihilistic delusion, nihilism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
null set
n
  1. a set that is empty; a set with no members
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   New \New\, a. [Compar. {Newer}; superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE.
      newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG.
      niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis,
      Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W.
      newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, gr. [?], Skr. nava, and prob.
      to E. now. [root]263. See {Now}, and cf. {Announce},
      {Innovate}, {Neophyte}, {Novel}.]
      1. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time;
            having originated or occured lately; having recently come
            into existence, or into one's possession; not early or
            long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; --
            opposed to {old}, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book;
            a new fashion. [bd]Your new wife.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately
            manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new
            planet; new scenes.
  
      3. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now
            commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new
            course or direction.
  
      4. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of
            original freshness; also, changed for the better;
            renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel
            made him a new man.
  
                     Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
                     Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost
                     new.                                                   --Bacon.
  
      5. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient
            descent; not previously kniwn or famous. --Addison.
  
      6. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
  
                     New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. --Pope.
  
      7. Fresh from anything; newly come.
  
                     New from her sickness to that northern air.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      {New birth}. See under {Birth}.
  
      {New Church}, [or] {New Jerusalem Church}, the church holding
            the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See
            {Swedenborgian}.
  
      {New heart} (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the
            power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy
            motives.
  
      {New land}, land ckeared and cultivated for the first time.
           
  
      {New light}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Crappie}.
  
      {New moon}.
            (a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first
                  appears after being invisible.
            (b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day
                  of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the
                  Jews. --2 Kings iv. 23.
  
      {New Red Sandstone} (Geol.), an old name for the formation
            immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided
            into the Permian and Trias. See {Sandstone}.
  
      {New style}. See {Style}.
  
      {New testament}. See under {Testament}.
  
      {New world}, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called
            because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern
            Hemisphere until recent times.
  
      Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See {Novel}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Niellist \Ni*el"list\, n.
      One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nihilist \Ni"hil*ist\, n. [Cf. F. nihiliste. See {Nihilism}.]
      1. One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who
            believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted
            to exist.
  
      2. (Politics) A member of a secret association (esp. in
            Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the
            present political, religious, and social institutions.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nihilistic \Ni`hil*is"tic\, a.
      Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Nelliston, NY (village, FIPS 49748)
      Location: 42.93198 N, 74.60815 W
      Population (1990): 569 (265 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   New Holstein, WI (city, FIPS 56800)
      Location: 43.94928 N, 88.09477 W
      Population (1990): 3342 (1239 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53061
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