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Nietzscheanism

UK/ˈniː.t͡ʃɪ.ənɪzəm/US/ˈni.t͡ʃi.ənɪzəm/

Nietzscheanism noun: the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), or support for its views.

Noun

Nietzscheanism (uncountable)

  1. The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), or support for its views.
    • On gray mornings when the jests of the night before had shrunk to ribaldries without wit or dignity, they could, after a fashion, bring out this batch of common hopes and count them over, then smile at each other and repeat, by way of clinching the matter, the terse yet sincere Nietzscheanism of...1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book 2
    Synonyms:
    Nietzscheism

Synonyms of Nietzscheanism

Origin of Nietzscheanism

From Nietzschean + -ism.

Questions about Nietzscheanism

What does Nietzscheanism mean?
Nietzscheanism means the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), or support for its views.
What part of speech is Nietzscheanism?
Nietzscheanism is a noun.
How do you pronounce Nietzscheanism?
Nietzscheanism is pronounced /ˈniː.t͡ʃɪ.ənɪzəm/ (UK).

Words near Nietzscheanism in the dictionary

  1. Nieto
  2. Nietos
  3. Nietta
  4. Nietzsche
  5. Nietzschean
  6. Nietzscheanism
  7. Nietzscheanly
  8. Nietzscheans
  9. Nietzscheism
  10. Nietzscheite
  11. Nietzschen

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