1817, "the doctrine of negation" (in reference to religion or morals), from German Nihilismus, from Latin nihil "nothing at all" (see nil), coined by German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743-1819). In philosophy, an extreme form of skepticism (1836). The political sense was first used by German journalist Joseph von Görres (1776-1848). Turgenev used the Russian form of the word (nigilizm) in "Fathers and Children" (1862) and claimed to have invented it. With a capital N-, it refers to the Russian revolutionary anarchism of the period 1860-1917, supposedly so called because "nothing" that then existed found favor in their eyes.
双语例句
1. Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism?
为什么像大学这样人才济济的社区要害怕虚无主义呢？
来自柯林斯例句
2. The philosophy of those long - hairs leans towards nihilism.
那些长发嬉皮士的人生观倾向于虚无主义.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. By contrast, the chilly Californian nihilism of Robinson Jeffers was a refreshing tonic.
相形之下, 罗宾逊?杰弗斯的加州冷冰冰的虚无主义反而给人以清新兴奋之感.
来自辞典例句
4. This finale is correlative with his viewpoint of nihilism an d humanitarianism.
这种结局与周氏的虚无主义和个人主义的人道主义世界观密不可分.
来自互联网
5. Nihilism rejects any objective basis for society and its morality.
