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Webster 1913 Edition


Nihilist

Ni′hil-ist

,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024


Nihilist

Nihilist

See also: nihilist

German

Noun

Nihilist m (genitive Nihilisten, plural Nihilisten)

  1. nihilist (person)
    • 1888: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Der Antichrist, § 58
      Nihilist und Christ: das reimt sich, das reimt sich nicht bloss.
      Nihilist and Christian: they rhyme, and do not merely rhyme…

nihilist

nihilist

See also: Nihilist

English

Noun

nihilist (plural nihilists)

  1. (philosophy, religion) A person who accepts or champions nihilism.
  2. An absolute skeptic; a person who believes in the truth of nothing.

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nixǐlist/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧hi‧list

Noun

nihìlist m (Cyrillic spelling нихѝлист)

  1. nihilist

Declension