"nihilist" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief (synset 110378119)
is a type of: nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
An advocate of anarchism (synset 109811257)
is a type of: radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions
specific instances:
- bakunin, mikhail aleksandrovich bakunin, mikhail bakunin - Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876)
- emma goldman, goldman - United States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription; was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919 (1869-1940)
- kropotkin, prince peter kropotkin, pyotr alexeyevich kropotkin - Russian anarchist (1842-1921)
- nicola sacco, sacco - United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927)
- benjamin ricketson tucker, tucker - United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
- bartolomeo vanzetti, vanzetti - United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927)
same as: anarchist, syndicalist