nihilistic
adjEtymology From nihilist + -ic.
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Of or relating to nihilism.
- Some of his gloomy judgments have tempted critics to the conclusion that Kazantzakis was even more nihilistic than Nietzsche, and this book can support that view.1965 August 13, “Books: Last Testament”, in Time:
- The bombing comes over a week after ISD released a report about how nihilistic worldviews are fueling violence in the US and Europe.2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 May 2025:
- Derived terms
- antinihilistic, nihilistically, unnihilistic