“The term nihilism is sometimes used … to denote a general mood of despair at the pointlessness of existence.”. From Wordnik.com. [Wounded Trust, Lost Revenues] Reference
To most people, the notion that an apocalyptic nihilism is taking root in this nation's children will seem alarmist. From Wordnik.com. [The Apocalypse of Adolescence] Reference
That is not nihilism, that is pure, detached logic. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
And thats called nihilism, Bazarov repeated again, this time with peculiar rudeness. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter X] Reference
“And that is called nihilism,” Bazarov repeated again, this time in a particularly insolent tone. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers and Sons] Reference
But now the old nihilism is back. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Paranoid Style] Reference
Apparently nihilism is big business. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
Here instead, nihilism is the name of the game. From Wordnik.com. [Hocking's Masterpiece] Reference
You'll be forgetting the definition of the word 'nihilism' next. From Wordnik.com. [Blair IS a Suspect in Cash for Honours] Reference
It's not entirely clear what "nihilism" means in a legal context. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
You could expect this kind of nihilism from those with no stake in our society. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
Sullivan's cries of "nihilism" may have more merit if he bothered to consider the facts. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
I don't think that the appearance of "nihilism" should scare us away from discovering important insights. From Wordnik.com. [Is Buffet a Misesian? - The Austrian Economists] Reference
The last day or two, and particularly today I have been fighting a nihilism which is stronger than I can remember. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
There is a kind of nihilism about government and democracy itself lurking just beneath the political discussion of these issues. From Wordnik.com. [John McQuaid: The Jack Bauer Decade] Reference
When I referred to "nihilism" in my earlier comment, I wasn't referring to any elaborated theoretical commitment in legal theory. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
In the 1980s he was known for his gloomy "nihilism". From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
Doug’s take: The first film to really revel in nihilism. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
But I don't understand that kind of nihilism and doomsaying. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing American] Reference
That France is to succumb to the kind of nihilism that's already engulfed her prisons?. From Wordnik.com. [Film | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Ironically, the best antidote to this kind of nihilism is contained in the comments to Platt's post. From Wordnik.com. [The Writing On The Wal] Reference
But Ballard was more sophisticated, and the word "nihilism" doesn't quite describe his distinctive cast of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Powell's Books: Overview] Reference
On the one hand it denies all anthropomorphism (tashbih), and on the other hand it rejects all kind of nihilism (ta ` til). From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
"nihilism" and you say here it was the order of the decade. From Wordnik.com. [Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline] Reference
"I don't think that the appearance of "nihilism" should scare us away from discovering important insights. From Wordnik.com. [Is Buffet a Misesian? - The Austrian Economists] Reference
"you quite clearly dismiss victims of" mundane bigotry "as lesser in some way to victims of" theological/philosophical "nihilism". From Wordnik.com. [Signature Elements] Reference
It would be to surrender to terrorism and nihilism. From Wordnik.com. [A Washingtonian Looks At His City] Reference
Without nihilism in Russia, Siberia would be unnecessary. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
They betray a kind of political and professional nihilism. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Communion] Reference
The very faults which nihilism seeks to remedy are kept alive by its existence. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
To justify that optimism, Medvedev needs to do more than criticize legal nihilism. From Wordnik.com. [Where Vultures Prey] Reference
It will just slide into vegetarian nihilism and leave Europe to the New Soviet Empire. From Wordnik.com. [Never Yet Melted] Reference
And there it is, that little spark of wryness, suggesting that the nihilism is just shtik. From Wordnik.com. [Take the Bananas and Run] Reference
The Claymation Stranger doesn't have much in common with Twain's story except for it's nihilism. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mysterious Stranger] Reference
So political science is often accused of a sort of nihilism: Lobbyists don't much matter, it says. From Wordnik.com. [Poli Sci 101: Presidential speeches don't matter, and lobbyists don't run D.C.] Reference
The alternative is nihilism, and a world built on mastering the temporal through the will to power. From Wordnik.com. [More a Matter of Mystery than Magic] Reference
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