nihilism

Other forms of nihilism

plural

nihilisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nihilism

What does nihilism mean?

nihilism means "a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nihilism?

nihilism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈnaɪəˌlɪzəm/.

What is another word for nihilism?

Close synonyms include nihilistic delusion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nihilism a common word?

nihilism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nihilism?

48 words rhyme with nihilism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.