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existential nihilism

existential nihilism noun: the philosophical theory that life has no intrinsic meaning or value.

Noun

existential nihilism (uncountable)

  1. The philosophical theory that life has no intrinsic meaning or value.

Questions about existential nihilism

What does existential nihilism mean?
Existential nihilism means the philosophical theory that life has no intrinsic meaning or value.
What part of speech is existential nihilism?
Existential nihilism is a noun.

Words near existential nihilism in the dictionary

  1. existential
  2. existential crises
  3. existential crisis
  4. existential instantiation
  5. existential instantiations
  6. existential nihilism
  7. existential quantifier
  8. existential quantifiers
  9. existential risk
  10. existential risks
  11. existential type

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