nihilism (n.)

  1. a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake

  2. the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal

    [ Syn: nihilistic delusion ]

  3. complete denial of all established authority and institutions

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