nihilism
Example Sentences
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Without “cultural invention as a potential countervailing force,” the counter-counterculture filled the vacuum with the vulgar nihilism of digital norm evasion.
Perhaps this nihilism will prove too trenchant and reactive for some viewers.
From Salon
Even more concerning, when the nihilism of the darkest corners of the internet catches up to their psyches, “young people weaponize those grievances,” Newsom said — whether that anger turns inward or outward.
From Los Angeles Times
They rewrite their fundamental nihilism into the belief that their business is good for mankind, whatever the actual human cost.
From Los Angeles Times
"A couple of billion years from now, the sun will expand, engulf the earth and maybe we'll be long gone – but there's a beautiful, optimistic nihilism in that," they explain.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
