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:b : a [[doctrine]] that denies any objective ground of [[truth]] and especially of [[moral]] truths

:b : a [[doctrine]] that denies any objective ground of [[truth]] and especially of [[moral]] truths

*2a : a doctrine or belief that conditions in the [[social]] [[organization]] are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive [[program]] or [[possibility]]

*2a : a doctrine or belief that conditions in the [[social]] [[organization]] are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive [[program]] or [[possibility]]

:b capitalized : the program of a 19th century Russian party advocating revolutionary [[reform]] and using [[terrorism]] and [[assassination]]  

:b capitalized : the program of a 19th century Russian party advocating revolutionary [[reform]] and using [[terrorism]] and [[assassination]]

 

 

==Description==

==Description==

'''Nihilism''' (pron.: /ˈnaɪ.ɨlɪzəm/ or /ˈniː.ɨlɪzəm/; from the [[Latin]] ''nihil'', nothing) is the philosophical [[doctrine]] suggesting the negation of one or more putatively meaningful aspects of [[life]]. Most commonly, ''nihilism'' is presented in the form of [[existential]] nihilism, which argues that life is without objective [[meaning]], [[purpose]], or intrinsic [[value]]. Moral nihilists assert that [[morality]] does not [[inherently]] exist, and that any established moral [[values]] are abstractly contrived. ''Nihilism'' can also take [[epistemological]] or metaphysical/ontological forms, meaning respectively that, in some aspect, [[knowledge]] is not possible, or that reality does not actually exist.

'''Nihilism''' (pron.: /ˈnaɪ.ɨlɪzəm/ or /ˈniː.ɨlɪzəm/; from the [[Latin]] ''nihil'', nothing) is the philosophical [[doctrine]] suggesting the negation of one or more putatively meaningful aspects of [[life]]. Most commonly, ''nihilism'' is presented in the form of [[existential]] nihilism, which argues that life is without objective [[meaning]], [[purpose]], or intrinsic [[value]]. Moral nihilists assert that [[morality]] does not [[inherently]] exist, and that any established moral [[values]] are abstractly contrived. ''Nihilism'' can also take [[epistemological]] or metaphysical/ontological forms, meaning respectively that, in some aspect, [[knowledge]] is not possible, or that reality does not actually exist.