nihilist

See also: Nihilist

English

Etymology

From Latin nihil (“nothing”) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪl.ɪst/, /ˈniː.ɪl.ɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪl.ɪst/, /ˈni.ɪl.ɪst/

Noun

nihilist (plural nihilists)

(philosophy, religion) A person who accepts or champions nihilism.
An absolute skeptic; a person who believes in the truth of nothing.

Translations

person who accepts nihilism

Catalan: nihilista m or f
Czech: nihilista m
Dutch: nihilist (nl) m
Esperanto: nihilisto
Finnish: nihilisti (fi)
French: nihiliste (fr)
Galician: nihilista m or f
German: Nihilist (de) m, Nihilistin (de) f
Greek: μηδενιστής (el) m (midenistís)
Hebrew: נִיהִילִיסְט m (nihilíst)
Irish: nihilí m
Italian: nichilista (it) m or f
Manx: neunheeyseyr m
Occitan: nihilista m or f
Polish: nihilista (pl) m, nihilistka (pl) f
Portuguese: niilista (pt) m or f
Romanian: nihilist (ro) m
Russian: нигили́ст (ru) m (nigilíst), нигили́стка (ru) f (nigilístka)
Spanish: nihilista (es) m or f
Swedish: nihilist (sv) c
Yiddish: ניהיליסט m (nihilist), ניהיליסטין f (nihilistin)

absolute sceptic

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Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} མུར་ཐུག་པ (mur thug pa)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nihiliste.

Noun

nihilist m (plural nihiliști)

nihilist

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	nihilist	nihilistul	nihiliști	nihiliștii
genitive-dative	nihilist	nihilistului	nihiliști	nihiliștilor
vocative	nihilistule		nihiliștilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

nihìlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nixǐlist/
Hyphenation: ni‧hi‧list

Noun

nihìlist m (Cyrillic spelling нихѝлист)

nihilist

Declension

Declension of nihilist

	singular	plural
nominative	nihilist	nihilisti
genitive	nihilista	nihilista
dative	nihilistu	nihilistima
accusative	nihilista	nihiliste
vocative	nihiliste	nihilisti
locative	nihilistu	nihilistima
instrumental	nihilistom	nihilistima

Swedish

Etymology

Latin nihil +‎ -ist

Noun

nihilist c

nihilist

Declension

Declension of nihilist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nihilist	nihilists
singular	definite	nihilisten	nihilistens
plural	indefinite	nihilister	nihilisters
plural	definite	nihilisterna	nihilisternas

Derived terms

nihilistisk

Related terms

nihilism

References