nihilistic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nihilistic
Adjective
  • Lee’s cynical cardsharp of a brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi), was meant to be part of that dream move, but the call of gambling takes Julius to Las Vegas instead.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Now, posters are more cynical and there’s a fatalist bent to the conversations that wasn’t there before.
    Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Both predictions are more pessimistic than the fund’s January projections, which came before Trump’s flurry of tariff announcements took America’s average import tax to its highest level in a century.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This marks the most pessimistic attitude on jobs that Gallup has recorded since January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Nihilistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nihilistic. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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