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nihilism

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪ.lɪz.m̩/Part of speech nounSorted hiiilmnsStarts with NEnds with M0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake

Word origin

Borrowed from Russian нигили́зм (nigilízm).

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he band members sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism.
  • [T]he dire portent of Nihilism, which some persons regard as little more than an extreme protest against absolutism in Government, [...] is an execrable conspiracy against all religion and morality.
  • Most Christians cannot embrace such radical extremes as the current nihilisms that deny all spiritual and ethical truth. How can a Christian look to Jesus Christ and deny that there is truth? He is the truth.

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