nihilistic
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Nihilistic, tragic, self-hating female characters with mental health issues are more common.
From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2019
Nihilistic art will figure prominently in some of Titchner's new work in Walsall.
From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2011
Eventually, however, they managed to find the one guy who would give them the diagnosis they wanted for me: Psychodissociative Disorder with Nihilistic Tendencies.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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And a strange kindling happiness in her soul—a sense of triumph over her former Nihilistic self.
From Futurist Stories by Reed, Margery Verner
If Dasha had put aside her Nihilistic feelings—she laid them still farther from her now.
From Futurist Stories by Reed, Margery Verner
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