I question the intrinsic value of nihilism.
Source: tatoeba (11043404)
Nihilism
//ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪ.lɪz.m̩//
Synonyms for "nihilism" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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9 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
13 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 79 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Albanian
1 entries- nihilizmi noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Arabic
4 entries- عدمية noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- عَدَمِيَّة noun (view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning)
- عَدَمِيَّة noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- عَدَمِيَّة noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Armenian
1 entries- նիհիլիզմ noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Asturian
1 entries- nihilismu noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nihilizm noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Basque
1 entries- nihilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Belarusian
1 entries- нігілізм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нихилизъм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- нігілізм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Catalan
2 entries- nihilisme noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Cebuano
1 entries- magtagad sa panghunahuna noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Chinese
1 entries- 虛無主義 /虚无主义 noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 虛無主義 /虚无主义 noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- 虛無主義 /虚无主义 noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Czech
3 entries- nihilismus noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- nihilizmus noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilizmus noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Danish
2 entries- nihilisme noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Dutch
3 entries- Nihilisme name (movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change)
- (ethisch) nihilisme noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Esperanto
2 entries- neniismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- nihilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Estonian
1 entries- nihilism noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Finnish
2 entries- nihilismi noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilismi noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
French
3 entries- nihilisme name (movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change)
- nihilisme noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Galician
2 entries- nihilismo noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Georgian
1 entries- ნიჰილიზმი noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
German
2 entries- Nihilismus noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- Nihilismus noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Greek
2 entries- μηδενισμός noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- μηδενισμός noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Gujarati
1 entries- શૂન્યવાદ noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- niilism noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַפְסָנוּת noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- ניהיליזם noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Hindi
4 entries- नकारवाद noun (view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning)
- नाइलीज़्म noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- नाशवाद noun (view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning)
- नास्तिवाद noun (view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning)
Hungarian
1 entries- nihilizmus noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Icelandic
2 entries- níhílismi noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- tómhyggja noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Ido
1 entries- nihilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Indonesian
1 entries- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Irish
1 entries- nihileachas noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Italian
3 entries- nichilismo noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nichilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- nullismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- niyilizim noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Japanese
4 entries- ニヒリズム noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- ニヒリズム noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- 虚無主義 noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- 虚無主義 noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Kannada
1 entries- ನಿರಾಕರಣವಾದ noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Kazakh
1 entries- нигилизм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Korean
1 entries- 허무주의 noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- нигилизм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Latin
1 entries- nihilismus noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Latvian
1 entries- nihilisms noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nihilizmas noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- nihilismus noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilismus noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Macedonian
1 entries- нихилизам noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Malay
1 entries- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Malayalam
1 entries- നിഹിലിസം noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Manx
1 entries- neunheeys noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ნიჰილიზმი noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- hîçparêzî noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- hîçperestî noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- nîhîlîzm noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- nînperestî noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- nihilisme name (movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change)
- nihilisme noun (view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning)
- nihilisme noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nihilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Occitan
2 entries- nihilisme noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- niilisme noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Persian
1 entries- نیهیلیسم noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Polish
3 entries- nihilizm name (movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change)
- nihilizm noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilizm noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Portuguese
2 entries- niilismo noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- niilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਨਹਿਲਵਾਦ noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Romanian
2 entries- nihilism name (movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change)
- nihilism noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Russian
3 entries- нигили́зм name (movement that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change)
- нигили́зм noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- нигили́зм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- nihilizam noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilìzam noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- нихилѝзам noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Slovak
1 entries- nihilizmus noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Slovene
1 entries- nihilizem noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Somali
1 entries- faasiqnimo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Spanish
2 entries- nihilismo noun (rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, moral principles, legal rules, etc.)
- nihilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Swedish
1 entries- nihilism noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Tagalog
1 entries- nihilismo noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Tamil
2 entries- இல்லாமை தத்துவம் noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- நீலிசம் noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Thai
1 entries- สุญนิยม noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Turkish
3 entries- hiççilik noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- nihilizm noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- yokçuluk noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нігілізм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- nihilizm noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Urdu
1 entries- عدمیت noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Uzbek
2 entries- nigilizm noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- нигилизм noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chủ nghĩa hư vô noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
- tư tưởng đoạn diệt noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Welsh
1 entries- nihiliaeth noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Yiddish
1 entries- ניהיליזם noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Zazaki
1 entries- nihilizm noun (doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Telogreykin said the main idea of this community is not to tease police, as some may think. He said the community simply wants to rid the country of the legal nihilism that is the root of the problem.
Source: tatoeba (12229721)
This classification should have led to the discovery and study of remedies which act specifically upon the various textures and tissues of the body, such as the cellular, serous, mucous, parenchymatous, fibrous, gelatinous, &c., but it did not, except in the most imperfect manner—so imperfect, in fact, that most pathologists, despairing of finding such remedies, at one time sank into all the peurilities^([sic – meaning puerilities]) of the "expectant mode" of the French, or the nihilisms of the German.
Source: wiktionary
But there was also about him an indescribable air which no mechanic could have acquired in the practice of his handicraft however dishonestly exercised: [...] the air of moral nihilism common to keepers of gambling hells and disorderly houses; [...]
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