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nihilism

  • created sense approved 虚无主义/虛無主義 · xū​wú​zhǔ​yì · nihilism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    nihilism

    A philosophical viewpoint that suggests life is without objective meaning or value; the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.

    虚无 (literal) → 虚无/虛無 · xū​wú · nothingness 主义 (literal) → 主义/主義 · zhǔ​yì · -ism; doctrine

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  • created sense approved 虚无主义/虛無主義 · xū​wú​zhǔ​yì · political nihilism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    political nihilism

    The rejection of all political authority and existing social structures in favor of absolute individual freedom

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  • created sense approved 虚无主义/虛無主義 · xū​wú​zhǔ​yì · Nihilist movement — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    Nihilist movement

    A 19th-century Russian revolutionary movement that advocated for the radical destruction of all existing social and political institutions

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  • created sense approved 虚无主义/虛無主義 · xū​wú​zhǔ​yì · historical nihilism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    historical nihilism

    An ideological viewpoint that negates or denies the value of historical legacies, national culture, or established historical facts

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