English

Proper noun

Nihilarian

1. (pejorative) A purported school of thought dealing with trivial matters.
   • 1901, Alexander Campbell Fraser, The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Formerly Bishop of Cloyne, translation of original by George Berkeley, Commonplace Book, page 14:

     If the wit and industry of the Nihilarians were employ'd about the usefull & practical mathematiques, what advantage had it brought to mankind !

English

Adjective

nihilarian ‎(comparative more nihilarian, superlative most nihilarian)

1. Of or pertaining to nihilism

Translations

Noun

nihilarian ‎(plural nihilarians)

1. One who subscribes to nihilism.
2. (obsolete, derogatory) One who believed in the mathematical theory of infinite divisibility, and hence dealt with immeasurably small quantities.

Synonyms

• nihilist

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