nihilist
/ˈnaɪɪlɪst/noun
उच्चारण नाइइलिस्ट
शून्यवादी, जो किसी मूल्य या अर्थ में विश्वास न रखे
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a person who believes that nothing has any value and that life has no meaning, or that all religious and moral principles should be rejected
शून्यवादी, जो किसी मूल्य या अर्थ में विश्वास न रखे
- The novel's hero is a nihilist who mocks every ideal.
- Nineteenth-century Russian nihilists rejected all authority.
- The character of the nihilist in the old novel believed in nothing.
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- A nihilist sees no purpose in life, but many students find that idea hard to accept.
- The philosophy teacher explained how a nihilist thinks.
◇Word family
AaSpelling
ni·hil·ist
Spelling and pronunciation: ni-hil-ist, with a silent h in British speech, /ˈnaɪɪlɪst/.
Spelling और pronunciation में ni-hil-ist, British उच्चारण में silent h, /ˈnaɪɪlɪst/।
?Which word?
Keep the -ist set: nihilist (nothing matters), atheist (no God), anarchist (no government), cynic (no good motives), pessimist (worst will happen).
-ist समूह याद रखिए: nihilist (कुछ मायने नहीं रखता), atheist (ईश्वर नहीं), anarchist (सरकार नहीं), cynic (कोई नेक इरादा नहीं), pessimist (बुरा ही होगा)।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Latin nihil, nothing, as in annihilate (reduce to nothing).
Latin nihil, कुछ नहीं, से, annihilate (शून्य कर देना) की तरह।
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One-word substitution
One who rejects all moral and religious principles; the doctrine is nihilism.
'जो सभी नैतिक और धार्मिक सिद्धांतों को नकारे' के लिए यह शब्द आता है; यह सिद्धांत nihilism है।