Nihilist

ni·hil·ism  (n-lzm, n-)

n.

1. Philosophy

a. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence.

b. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

2. Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief.

3. The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement.

4. also Nihilism A diffuse, revolutionary movement of mid 19th-century Russia that scorned authority and tradition and believed in reason, materialism, and radical change in society and government through terrorism and assassination.

5. Psychiatry A delusion, experienced in some mental disorders, that the world or one's mind, body, or self does not exist.

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[Latin nihil, nothing; see ne in Indo-European roots + -ism.]

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nihil·ist n.

nihil·istic adj.

nihil·isti·cal·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nihilist - someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
	2.	nihilist - an advocate of anarchism anarchist, syndicalist radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions