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nihilism

[nahy-uh-liz-uhm, nee-] / ˈnaɪ əˌlɪz əm, ˈni- /


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Nihilism is not the path, nor is despondency, debauchery or destruction.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2021

But the larger health zeitgeist — or any zeitgeist, really — was never going to find a smooth road in skateboarding: Nihilism and going against the grain have long been part of its DNA.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2021

Nihilism was the mood, or at least my mood.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2019

I hope that Medical Nihilism is widely read and discussed, and that it helps bring about reforms in medical practice, research and communication, reforms we desperately need.

From Scientific American • Jul. 14, 2019

The decision to name his son Bahram Bahrami must have sprung from the same well of Teutonic Nihilism that led Stephen Kellner to choose Grover as my middle name.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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