nihilism
Example Sentences
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Some call it a reckless approach to money, but others see it as financial nihilism.
It’s known as financial nihilism, a term coined by podcaster Demetri Kofinas several years ago, and it describes the sense that the economic system no longer rewards prudence or long-term planning.
Without “cultural invention as a potential countervailing force,” the counter-counterculture filled the vacuum with the vulgar nihilism of digital norm evasion.
Perhaps this nihilism will prove too trenchant and reactive for some viewers.
From Salon
Even more concerning, when the nihilism of the darkest corners of the internet catches up to their psyches, “young people weaponize those grievances,” Newsom said — whether that anger turns inward or outward.
From Los Angeles Times
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