Nihilism
See also: nihilism
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian нигили́зм (nigilízm).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪ.lɪ.z(ə)m/, /ˈnɪ-/, /ˈniː-/, [-(h)ɨ̞-]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪ.əˌlɪ.z(ə)m/, /ˈni.ə-/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: Ni‧hil‧i‧sm
Proper noun edit
Nihilism
- (Russia, politics, historical) A movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
- 1867, Eugene Schuyler, “Preface”, in Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], translated by Eugene Schuyler, Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC, page vii:
- The Government took up the word, and used nihilism to stigmatize all revolutionary, and ultra democratic and socialistic tendencies; and we have seen it play its part in the recent investigations into the attempted assassination of the Emperor.
Alternative forms edit
Translations edit
movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change
Further reading edit
- Russian nihilist movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia