Both Uses
nihilism
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
(Edited)
- After a childhood in Kobe, Mutsuhiro attended Tokyo's prestigious Waseda University, where he studied French literature and cultivated an infatuation with nihilism.
p. 233.8nihilism = belief that there are no universal moral values and that ultimately life is meaningless
- He made a great show of his education, droning on about nihilism and giving pompous lectures on French literature at NCO meetings.
p. 238.4 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(nihilism) the belief that there is no universal truth or underlying reality that supports moral values, and that ultimately existence is meaningless
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)