Nihilism
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See also: nihilism
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian нигили́зм (nigilízm).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪ.lɪ.z(ə)m/, /ˈnɪ-/, /ˈniː-/, [-(h)ɨ̞-]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.əˌlɪ.z(ə)m/, /ˈni.ə-/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: Ni‧hil‧i‧sm
Proper noun[edit]
Nihilism
- (Russia, politics, historical) A movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
- 1867, Eugene Schuyler, “Preface”, in Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], translated by Eugene Schuyler, Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC, page vii:
- The Government took up the word, and used nihilism to stigmatize all revolutionary, and ultra democratic and socialistic tendencies; and we have seen it play its part in the recent investigations into the attempted assassination of the Emperor.
Alternative forms[edit]
Translations[edit]
movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change
Further reading[edit]
- Russian nihilist movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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