nihilism

(noun)

noun

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

Definition categories: thought, doctrine, ism, philosophy

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

Definition categories: state, delusion

3. complete denial of all established authority and institutions

Definition categories: state, anarchy, lawlessness

Sentences with nihilism as a noun:

- "...the band members sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism" (rock critic Dave Marsh, reviewing the band XTC's album Go)