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nihilist

noun as in skeptic

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noun as in revolutionary

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It is also worth remembering that the alternative to using technology such as HireVue’s is not some utopian vision of rationality, empiricism and fairness—it is Gladwell’s hiring nihilism.

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And that fact means we should expect even more shenanigans from the nihilist wing of the GOP.

Clearly there flashes out upon my memory my first impression of Nihilist Russia.

There is no more striking example in the annals of the Russian movement than that peerless Nihilist—what was his name?

But it was only in bated breath and within closed doors that the discovery of the Nihilist plot was discussed in St. Petersburg.

He may have got mixed up in some of these Nihilist plots; if so, he has done well to become a vagabond.

Thus in his novel, "Fathers and Sons," he sketches in bold strokes the character of the nihilist Bazarov.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nihilist, such as: cynic, skeptic, pessimist, and realist.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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