Definition of Nihilest

Definition of Nihilest

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.

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but
Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

one who uses the tenets of Nihilism in the way they think and act

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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