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单词 nihilist
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Definition of nihilist in English:

nihilist

noun ˈnʌɪ(h)ɪlɪst
  • 1A person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principles.

    it is impossible to argue against a nihilist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We were self-indulgent moral nihilists - materialistic, selfish, and impulsive.
    • The more the political police spied on them, the more the radicals and nihilists flourished.
    • Myself, I'd call myself a nihilist.
    • Welcome to the nihilist void of the violent, misogynistic, and racist lyrics of rap.
    • To his critics, he appeared to be a pernicious nihilist who threatened the very foundation of Western society and culture.
    • Was he a nihilist, was he an anarchist?
    • He was an atheist and a nihilist.
    • This book was unabashed nihilist claptrap.
    • From the way you're talking about it, sounds like you're a nihilist, or at the very least suffering from clinical depression.
    • The perpetrators of these acts are nihilists who place no more value on their own lives than they do on ours.
    1. 1.1historical A supporter of an extreme Russian revolutionary party c.1900 which found nothing to approve of in the established social order.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Following the assassination of his father, he rejected all plans of liberal reform, suppressing Russian nihilists and Populists.
      • The nihilists had many sympathizers in the literary and journalistic worlds.
      • Expunging the symbolic evidence of the old order did not satisfy the revolutionary nihilists who wanted to clear the ground for a new cultural order.
      • A member of the Nihilist Party, in 1874 she was condemned to prison and sent to Siberia.
      • His apocalyptic vision, like that of the Russian nihilists of the nineteenth century, is not going to materialize.

Definition of nihilist in US English:

nihilist

nounˈnīələst
  • 1A person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principles.

    it is impossible to argue against a nihilist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was an atheist and a nihilist.
    • To his critics, he appeared to be a pernicious nihilist who threatened the very foundation of Western society and culture.
    • Myself, I'd call myself a nihilist.
    • The perpetrators of these acts are nihilists who place no more value on their own lives than they do on ours.
    • From the way you're talking about it, sounds like you're a nihilist, or at the very least suffering from clinical depression.
    • Welcome to the nihilist void of the violent, misogynistic, and racist lyrics of rap.
    • This book was unabashed nihilist claptrap.
    • We were self-indulgent moral nihilists - materialistic, selfish, and impulsive.
    • Was he a nihilist, was he an anarchist?
    • The more the political police spied on them, the more the radicals and nihilists flourished.
    1. 1.1historical A supporter of an extreme Russian revolutionary party c.1900 which found nothing to approve of in the established social order.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The nihilists had many sympathizers in the literary and journalistic worlds.
      • A member of the Nihilist Party, in 1874 she was condemned to prison and sent to Siberia.
      • His apocalyptic vision, like that of the Russian nihilists of the nineteenth century, is not going to materialize.
      • Expunging the symbolic evidence of the old order did not satisfy the revolutionary nihilists who wanted to clear the ground for a new cultural order.
      • Following the assassination of his father, he rejected all plans of liberal reform, suppressing Russian nihilists and Populists.
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