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nihilism

noun as in refusal to believe

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Today, horror is characterized by an overall tonal shift toward chaotic nihilism, realism, loss of innocence, and stories that explore social themes.

From Vox

Yes, this sounds scary, but it doesn’t mean you should embrace full-on nihilism or stop sending nudes altogether.

Two new books—Under the Sky We Make, by Kimberly Nicholas, and Overheated, by Kate Aronoff—provide an antidote to climate nihilism.

The journalist Malcolm Gladwell, on his podcast, “Revisionist History,” devoted a recent episode to his theory of “hiring nihilism.”

From Fortune

They often seem on the brink of nihilism before we even cover the syllabus.

From Fortune

I think with that generation, so many of their hopes have been so dashed that nihilism is really a natural response.

It’s arguably the best film of the ‘90s—a postmodern pop culture smorgasbord awash in nihilism and dripping with retro cool.

Republican leaders have no alternative but to join the president in rejecting such nihilism.

To understand better the nihilism of Thiessen's thinking, I must now quote his column at greater length.

Over the past four years, Republicans have suffered from a combination of tactical radicalism joined to strategic nihilism.

Then when the authorities thought Nihilism was stamped out by wholesale severity the matter assumed another phase.

But his liberalism is not in the least akin to Nihilism or Anarchism.

With therapeutic nihilism or skepticism of the power of drugs I have no sympathy.

Koscheleff, writing in 1874, gives a similar explanation of nihilism.

This is the only view an American, the child of 1620 and 1776, can take of Nihilism.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nihilism, such as: anarchy, atheism, lawlessness, abnegation, agnosticism, and denial.

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

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