What is the meaning of nihilism?

noun

  • A revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake.
  • The delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal.
  • Complete denial of all established authority and institutions. .
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