nihilistic

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adjective

Of or relating to nihilism.

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Meanings

adjectivenihilistic (comparative more nihilistic, superlative most nihilistic)

comparative more nihilistic · superlative most nihilistic

  1. Of or relating to nihilism.

    The bombing comes over a week after ISD released a report about how nihilistic worldviews are fueling violence in the US and Europe.

    2025 May 21, Manisha Krishnan, “IVF Clinic Bombing Suspect Was Linked to ‘Anti-Life’ Ideology. Experts Fear Its Growing Influence”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 May 2025
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    Some of his gloomy judgments have tempted critics to the conclusion that Kazantzakis was even more nihilistic than Nietzsche, and this book can support that view.

    1965 August 13, “Books: Last Testament”, in Time, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025

Origin

From nihilist + -ic.

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Translations

Catalan nihilista
  • nihilistaof or relating to nihilism
Czech nihilistický
  • nihilistickýof or relating to nihilism
Danish nihilistisk
  • nihilistiskof or relating to nihilism
Dutch nihilistisch
  • nihilistischof or relating to nihilism
Finnish nihilistinen
  • nihilistinenof or relating to nihilism
French nihiliste
  • nihilisteof or relating to nihilism
German nihilistisch
  • nihilistischof or relating to nihilism
Greek μηδενιστικός
  • μηδενιστικός (midenistikós)of or relating to nihilism
Irish nihilíoch
  • nihilíochof or relating to nihilism
Italian nichilista, nichilistico
  • nichilistaof or relating to nihilism
  • nichilisticoof or relating to nihilism
Polish nihilistyczny
  • nihilistycznyof or relating to nihilism
Portuguese nihilista
  • nihilistaof or relating to nihilism
Russian нигилисти́ческий
  • нигилисти́ческий (nigilistíčeskij)of or relating to nihilism
Spanish nihilista
  • nihilistaof or relating to nihilism
Swedish nihilistisk
  • nihilistiskof or relating to nihilism
Yiddish ניהיליסטיש
  • ניהיליסטיש (nihilistish)of or relating to nihilism
Cite this entry
APA

nihilistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nihilistic

MLA

“nihilistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nihilistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nihilistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nihilistic.

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