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What is the noun for nihilism?

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nihilism
  1. (philosophy) A philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.
  2. (ethics) The rejection of inherent or objective moral principles.
  3. (politics) The rejection of non-rationalized or non-proven assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
  4. (politics) A Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
  5. The understanding that all endeavors are devoid of objective meaning.
  6. The refusal of belief, that belief itself is untenable.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Those who rejected nihilism and stood against evil in the past lead the way.”
      “Or, to phrase the matter more simply and starkly, our religion is one of very comfortable nihilism.”
      “The validation of subjectivity, leads towards scepticism, but not onto nihilism.”
nihilarian
  1. One who subscribes to nihilism.
  2. (derogatory) One who believed in the mathematical theory of infinite divisibility, and hence dealt with immeasurably small quantities.
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nihilist
  1. (philosophy) A person who accepts or champions nihilism.
  2. An absolute skeptic; a person who believes in the truth of nothing.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “To his critics, he appeared to be a pernicious nihilist who threatened the very foundation of Western society and culture.”
      “The difference between the atheistic nihilist and the theistic is that the first sets out to become the greatest power in the universe, knowing full well that his quest is doomed.”
      “And since he asserts that atheism equals nihilism, and deism equals atheism lite, then I must really be a nihilist.”
nihilation
  1. (philosophy) The act of nihilating
  2. Examples:
    1. “Being alone can nihilate without itself being nihilated. In the act of nihilation the nihilator remains.”
nihilator
  1. (philosophy) That which nihilates.
nihilarians
nihilations
  1. plural of nihilation
nihilators
  1. plural of nihilator
nihilisms
nihilists
  1. plural of nihilist
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The more the political police spied on them, the more the radicals and nihilists flourished.”
      “Following the assassination of his father, he rejected all plans of liberal reform, suppressing Russian nihilists and Populists.”
      “The perpetrators of these acts are nihilists who place no more value on their own lives than they do on ours.”
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