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English noun: nihilism | |||
| 1. | nihilism (cognition) a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | ||
| 2. | nihilism (state) the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal | ||
| Synonyms | nihilistic delusion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | delusion, psychotic belief | ||
| 3. | nihilism (state) complete denial of all established authority and institutions | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anarchy, lawlessness | ||
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