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nihilisme

nihilisme

Danish

Noun

nihilisme c (singular definite nihilismen, not used in plural form)

  1. nihilism

Inflection


Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From German Nihilismus, itself from Latin nihil (nil, nothing) + German -ismus '-ism', coined in 1817 by German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, but repeatedly 'reinvented'.

Noun

nihilisme n (plural nihilismes or nihilismes, diminutive nihilismethe n)

  1. nihilism
  2. (also capitalized: Nihilisme) Nihilism

Derived terms


French

Etymology

From German Nihilismus, itself from Latin nihil (nil, nothing) + German -ismus '-ism', coined in 1817 by German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, but repeatedly 'reinvented'.

Pronunciation

Noun

nihilisme m (plural nihilismes)

  1. nihilism

Derived terms