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nihilism

nihilism Nihilism is the view, in its strictest sense, that nothing truly exists and therefore knowledge or objective truth and moral obligation are not possible.

Nihilism is the view, in its strictest sense, that nothing truly exists and therefore knowledge or objective truth and moral obligation are not possible. The term has also been used more loosely, often by critics, for doctrines seen as tending toward the destruction of accepted beliefs or institutions, including political and social programs seeking to abolish existing social order.