nichilista

nihilist

noun nee-kee-LEE-stah Rare

Origin: From Latin nihil (nothing) + -ista.

Usage Note

Nichilista describes a person who rejects all moral, religious, or political authority and believes life has no intrinsic meaning — from the philosophy of Nietzsche and the 19th-century Russian movement. It is an epicene noun: il nichilista (m) and la nichilista (f) share the same form. The plural is i nichilisti (m) / le nichiliste (f).

Examples

"Il protagonista del romanzo è un nichilista convinto."

Natural Translation

The novel's protagonist is a convinced nihilist.

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