nihilism
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Noun
- A revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
- The delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
- Complete denial of all established authority and institutions
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| 1 | infinitum | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | nettlesome | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | aneurism | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | antebellum | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | nobelium | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | norstrom | 2 | 0 |
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| 1 | nationalism | 5 | 35 |
| 2 | nishimo | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | nichols | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | animism | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | vigilantism | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | nihilists | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | hillis | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | chilis | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | phillis | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | philips | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | nils | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | nihiser | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | nightlines | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | nicholi | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | minimalism | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | hilsman | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | chilies | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | chili's | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | penicillins | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | nightline's | 2 | 0 |
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