nihilistic

Example Sentences

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This is a losing battle by definition, one that testifies to the nihilistic self-hatred and appetite for self-destruction that Baudrillard observed in 2002.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

With no place to check my backpack, I wore it up to the Place du Casino, the forum for Monte Carlo’s slightly nihilistic glamour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

“They’re so principled and motivated, even if it’s in a nihilistic way,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

The FBI recently recognised a new category of threat called nihilistic violent extremism or NVE, defined by a general hostility to society and desire for chaos rather than a sharply defined ideology.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

The Threepenny Opera was a kind of Trainspotting for the late 1920s, presenting the middle classes with a grimy, warts-and-all vision of the alienated, nihilistic underclass.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall