nihilistic
adjective
of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions.
nihilistically
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a word derived from
nihilistic.
Example Sentences
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If they’d all ended as bleakly and nihilistically as the seven Channel 4 episodes had, it could have got boring and predictable as well as unrelentingly despairing.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2019
Still, Hugh Laurie has a wonderful time grimacing nihilistically as Richard Roper, “the worst man in the world,” a philanthropist who is also a secret arms dealer.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
It was an outrageous plot point that was saved from being nihilistically gratuitous by showing actual emotional consequences for nearly all the characters of “Murder House”; it wasn’t titillating, it was upsetting.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
Both are outsiders, at times morally righteous and at others nihilistically resigned.
From Time ● Nov. 16, 2014
It was industrial music, so the lessons tended to be along the lines of “sit in a parking lot nihilistically at midnight,” which I assiduously did.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2014
