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German
Etymology
From Latin nihil 'nothing'
Pronunciation
Noun
Nihilist m (weak, genitive Nihilisten, plural Nihilisten, feminine Nihilistin)
- nihilist (person)
1888, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Der Antichrist, § 58:Nihilist und Christ: das reimt sich, das reimt sich nicht bloss.- Nihilist and Christian: they rhyme, and do not merely rhyme…
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