black pill

American  

[blak pil] / ˈblæk ˈpɪl /

noun

plural

black pills

1. Slang. something that makes a person believe there is no hope for resolving a major problem or changing society for the better.

2. Slang. a nihilistic ideology originating in the incel subculture which claims that involuntarily celibate men cannot change their status because of biologically determined traits affecting sexual attractiveness: adherents sometimes advocate for acts of misogynistic mass violence as a reaction to this perception. See also red pill.

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verb (used with object)

black-pilled, black-pilling

1. Slang. Often, black-pill, to persuade someone to adopt a nihilistic worldview.

Other Word Forms

• black-pilled adjective

Example Sentences

Incel culture also refers to a "black pill" which is much more nihilistic.

From BBC

One area of the far-right anti-feminist movement, incels, have come up with their own twisted expression: "the black pill," which refers to avoiding women altogether and sets itself apart from the "red pill" ideology that Return of Kings promoted before it went on hiatus in 2018.

From Salon

The art of applying theory to the real world was referred to as “praxis,” and to extricate oneself from the struggle was to ingest the “black pill.”

From Washington Post

“You can’t black pill yourself,” McDowell said.

From Washington Post

Sitting out of the election was a black pill he did not want to take.

From Washington Post