noun
- people who believe that life is meaningless and that moral principles and social institutions have no validity
Usage: philosophy
Examples
- The nihilists rejected all traditional values and beliefs.
- Many young nihilists emerged during the social upheaval of the 1960s.
- The professor discussed how nihilists view existence as fundamentally without purpose.
- Some nihilists argue that conventional morality is merely a social construct.
- The novel portrayed a group of nihilists who had lost faith in society.
- Political nihilists often seek to destroy existing institutions without offering alternatives.