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noun
A person who accepts or champions nihilism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences
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noun
An absolute skeptic; a person who believes in the truth of nothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an advocate of anarchism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: anarchist, syndicalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radical
Narrower terms: Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin, Goldman, Emma Goldman, Kropotkin, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Sacco, Nicola Sacco, Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, Vanzetti, Bartolomeo Vanzetti
noun
someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nonreligious person
History
From Latin nihil (“nothing”) + -ist.
Across languages
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