| 释义 |
ˈnothingism
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
1. A triviality, a trifle.
1742Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. II. 189 It is surprising what nothingisms make a figure in polite conversation. 1864Realm 13 Apr. 2 The article is one of those sensational nothingisms—a sample of that sensationalism des riens, as the French have it.
2. = nihilism 1.
1809–10Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 275 The whole groundwork of Rousseau's Philosophy ends in a mere Nothingism. 188419th Cent. Mar. 505 The attempted religion of Spiritism has lost one after another every resource of a real religion, until..it ends in a religion of Nothingism.
3. = nihilism 2.
1890Daily News 17 Jan. 4/8 The Nihilists,..as ‘nothingism’ seemed of somewhat kindred meaning with destruction, simply filched from Bazaroff his good name. |