Definizione monolingua

nihilism

nihilism (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence.
2. (ethics) The rejection of all moral principles.
3. (politics) (capitalized by protagonist Turgenev) A Russian anarchistic revolutionary doctrine (1860-1917) holding that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake, independent of any constructive program or possibility.
4. The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.

   ""...the band members sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism"" (rock critic Dave Marsh, reviewing the band XTCs album Go)

5. Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.
6. The deliberate refusal of belief, to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.

Definizione dizionario nihilism

	nichilismo
	extreme philosophical scepticism
	rejection of all moral principles

Altri significati:

Russian anarchistic doctrine

The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.

Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.

(ethics) The rejection of all moral principles.

The deliberate refusal of belief, to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.

(philosophy) Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence.

(politics) ( '''capitalized''' by protagonist Turgenev) A Russian anarchistic revolutionary doctrine (1860-1917) holding that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake, independent of any constructive program or possibility.