nihilistic

Example Sentences

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In the real world, hope feels more and more distant as the supposed American virtues of tolerance are either weaponized to justify bigotry and oppression or disposed of altogether in nihilistic glee.

From Salon

You can either take the nihilistic approach and just focus on the loss or you can learn to live with the loss and confront the reality of what has happened.

From Salon

But “Always Running” is hardly nihilistic or dour.

From Los Angeles Times

His nihilistic depiction of Chicano youth has been celebrated and denounced, but it remains the work with which every historian must grapple.

From Los Angeles Times

This religious pablum is just a fig leaf, of course, for what is essentially a nihilistic message.

From Salon