nothingism

English

Etymology

nothing +‎ -ism

Noun

nothingism (uncountable)

1. nihility; nothingness
   • c. 1959, Lorraine Hansberry, The Negro Writer and His Roots: Toward a New Romanticism:

     [The Beats] have broken away to form their own vague, non-inspirational rebellion of rejection and nothingism. […] They are a failure.

Related terms

• do-nothingism
• Know-Nothingism