nihilist
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Do I want a nihilist to be free to think whatever dark thoughts he wants to think?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Judges across the country prove every day that the law is still the last, best guardrail against that sort of nihilist thinking.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
He is a kind of nihilist who believes in domination and accumulating as much power as he possibly can.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
He was described to me as an "evil nihilist" by Dr Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease doctor and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
In the meantime, if it is a question of sharing a supper of spring quails on Mount Eryx, a peaceful, gentle philosopher is probably a more agreeable companion than a socialistic nihilist.
From Diversions in Sicily by Henry Festing Jones
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