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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nihilist
    n 1: someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious
         belief
    2: an advocate of anarchism [syn: anarchist, nihilist,
       syndicalist]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nihilist \Ni"hil*ist\, n. [Cf. F. nihiliste. See Nihilism.]
   1. One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who
      believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted
      to exist.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Politics) A member of a secret association (esp. in
      Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the
      present political, religious, and social institutions.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
NIHILIST, n.  A Russian who denies the existence of anything but
Tolstoi.  The leader of the school is Tolstoi.


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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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