nihilism: betydning og definisjoner

Philosophy The doctrine that nothing actually exists or that existence or values are meaningless.

Relentless negativity or cynicism suggesting an absence of values or beliefs: nihilism in postwar art.

Political belief or action that advocates or commits violence or terrorism without discernible constructive goals. also A diffuse, revolutionary movement of mid-19th-century Russia that scorned authority and tradition and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society and government through terrorism and assassination.

Psychiatry A delusion, experienced in some mental disorders, that the world or one's mind, body, or self does not exist.