Nihilism
noun
The belief that life and institutions have no meaning
“His nihilism had grown over years of watching institutional reform fail — he no longer believed change was possible.”
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What does nihilism mean?
Commonly confused with
- NotDeep optimism
- NotCareful pragmatism
- NotLoud idealism
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