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Webster 1913 Edition


Nihilism

Ni′hil-ism

,
Noun.
[L.
nihil
nothing: cf. F.
nihilisme
. See
Annihilate
.]
1.
Nothingness; nihility.
2.
The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality.
3.
(Politics)
The theories and practices of the Nihilists.