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[syn: anarchist, nihilist, syndicalist]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nihilist \Ni"hil*ist\, n. [Cf. F. nihiliste. See Nihilism.]
1. One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who
believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted
to exist.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Politics) A member of a secret association (esp. in
Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the
present political, religious, and social institutions.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nihilist
n 1: someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious
belief
2: an advocate of anarchism [syn: anarchist, nihilist,
syndicalist]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "nihilist":
Bolshevik, Cassandra, Eeyore, Jacobin, Wobbly, anarch, anarchist,
anarcho-syndicalist, animal, annihilator, anthropophagite,
antinomian, arsonist, barbarian, beast, biblioclast, bomber, brute,
burner, calamity howler, cannibal, cynic, defeatist, demolisher,
destroyer, dynamitard, dynamiter, exterminator,
extreme left-winger, extremist, hun, hyena, iconoclast,
idol breaker, idoloclast, killjoy, left-wing extremist,
lunatic fringe, malist, man-eater, mild radical, mutineer,
negativist, parlor Bolshevik, parlor pink, pessimist, pink, pinko,
prophet of doom, radical, rebel, red, retreatist, revolutionary,
revolutionist, ruiner, sans-culotte, savage, seek-sorrow, shark,
subversive, syndicalist, terrorist, tiger, ultra, ultraist, vandal,
wild man, worrywart, wrecker, yippie
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but
Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.