单词 | nihilist |
释义 | nihilist (once / 9141 pages) 1n 2n If you reject all moral beliefs and take the view that life has no meaning, you could be called a nihilist. Someone who is a nihilist is a believer of nihilism which literally means "nothingism." They believe in nothing, maintaining that life has no meaning and rejecting all moral and religious values as well as political and social institutions. A movie in which human beings are shown as fundamentally evil creatures doomed to fail might be said to have nihilist themes. WORD FAMILYnihilist: nihilists+/nihilism: nihilisms, nihilist, nihilistic/nihilistic: nihilistically USAGE EXAMPLESAs the building shakes and heaves around them, they debate whether the mega-troll is truly a satirist or just a nihilist. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) And when I looked a bit closer and noticed the two characters in the distance, I was reminded of the nihilists of “The Big Lebowski.” Salon(Dec 07, 2016) To reflect the infighting that characterizes uprisings, players may draw cards at the game’s outset that assign hidden agendas: vanguardist, nihilist, sectarian, or social. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) 1 n someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief 2Hyper nonreligious person a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity n an advocate of anarchism Syn|Exp|Hyper anarchist, syndicalist Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876) Emma GoldmanUnited States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription; was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919 (1869-1940) Pyotr Alexeyevich KropotkinRussian anarchist (1842-1921) Nicola SaccoUnited States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927) Benjamin Ricketson TuckerUnited States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939) Bartolomeo VanzettiUnited States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927) radical a person who has radical ideas or opinions |
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