nihilism
noun
total rejection of established laws and institutions.
nihilist
-
a word derived from
nihilism.
Example Sentences
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Do I want a nihilist to be free to think whatever dark thoughts he wants to think?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Judges across the country prove every day that the law is still the last, best guardrail against that sort of nihilist thinking.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
He is a kind of nihilist who believes in domination and accumulating as much power as he possibly can.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
He was described to me as an "evil nihilist" by Dr Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease doctor and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
I was a Job in petticoats, a mutineer against man and God, a nihilist and an I. W. W. all in one.
From The Prairie Mother by Arthur E. Becher
