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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nihilism /ˈnʌɪ(h)ɪlɪz(ə)m/

▶noun

1 the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.

2 Philosophy the belief that nothing has a real existence.

– derivatives
nihilist noun,
nihilistic adjective.

– origin C19: from L. nihil ‘nothing’ + -ism.

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