nihil | (n) (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ) |
nihilism | (n) a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake |
nihilism | (n) complete denial of all established authority and institutions |
nihilist | (n) someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief |
nihilistic | (adj) of or relating to nihilism |
nihilistic delusion | (n) the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal, Syn. nihilism |
nihil obstat | (n) the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church |
nihil obstat | (n) authoritative approval |
Nihil | ‖n. [ L. ] Nothing. [ 1913 Webster ] Nihil album [ L., white nothing ] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc. -- Nihil debet [ L., he owes nothing ] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt. -- Nihil dicit [ L., he says nothing ] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Nihilism | n. [ L. nihil nothing: cf. F. nihilisme. See Annihilate. ] 1. Nothingness; nihility. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Politics) The theories and practices of the Nihilists. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Nihilist | n. [ Cf. F. nihiliste. See Nihilism. ] 1. One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Politics) A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Nihilistic | a. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Nihility | n. [ Cf. F. nihilité. See Nihilism. ] Nothingness; a state of being nothing. [ 1913 Webster ] |
消滅 | [しょうめつ, shoumetsu] (n, vs) (1) lapse; annihilation (physics); (2) extinguishment; termination (e.g. of legal representation); (3) { math } vanishing; (P) #2,532 [Add to Longdo] |
壊滅(P);潰滅 | [かいめつ, kaimetsu] (n, vs, adj-no) destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe; (P) #7,488 [Add to Longdo] |
全滅 | [ぜんめつ, zenmetsu] (n, vs) annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat; (P) #12,488 [Add to Longdo] |
殲滅 | [せんめつ, senmetsu] (n, vs) extermination; annihilation #17,305 [Add to Longdo] |
ニヒリスティック | [nihirisuteikku] (adj-na, n) nihilistic [Add to Longdo] |
ニヒリスト | [nihirisuto] (n) nihilist [Add to Longdo] |
ニヒリズム | [nihirizumu] (n) nihilism [Add to Longdo] |
ニヒル | [nihiru] (adj-na, n) (abbr) nihilistic (from nihil) (lat [Add to Longdo] |
皆殺し;鏖 | [みなごろし, minagoroshi] (n) massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter [Add to Longdo] |
完敗 | [かんぱい, kanpai] (n, vs) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; (P) [Add to Longdo] |