nihilism
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
Types & categories
- doctrine hypernym
Related & opposite
- anarchist derivation
- nihilist derivation
- nihilistic derivation
Sense 2 noun
the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
Types & categories
- delusion hypernym
Sense 3 noun
complete denial of all established authority and institutions
Types & categories
- lawlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
- anarchist derivation
- nihilist derivation
- nihilistic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | anarchist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nihilist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nihilistic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | doctrine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | delusion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | anarchist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nihilist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nihilistic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | lawlessness |