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Definition: Nihilistic |
NihilisticAdjective1. Of or relating to nihilism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Nihilistic |
| English words defined with "nihilistic": dada, Dadaism ♦ nihilistic delusion. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nihilistic": Posi-core. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Nihilistic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.15% of the time. "Nihilistic" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.15% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "nihilistic": nihilistic delusion. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nihilistic | 13 |
nihilistic software | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nihilistic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nihilist (nihilist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منعدم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нихилистичен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nihilistický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nihiliste (nihilist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nihilistisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μηδενιστικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nihilista (nihilist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nichilista (nihilist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 虚無的 , ニトロ基 (mnemonic, new, new academism, new adult, new age, new city, new jazz, New Jersey, New Journalism, New South Wales, new wave, New Zealand, Newcastle, newcomer, news, news analyst, news group, news source, news value, newscaster, news-feed, newsletter, newsmagazine, news-reader, newsroom, news-server, news-spool, news-station, news-system, new-wave, NG, nihil, nihilism, nihilist, Nina Ricci, nitro group, nuclear family, nuisance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ニ'リスティック , きょむてき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ihilisticnay nihilist (negativist, nihilist). (various references) нигилистический. (various references) nihilistički. (various references) nihilista (nihilist, nothingarian). (various references) nihilistisk. (various references) ซึ่งเชื่อว่าไม่มีสิ่งใ"มีคุ"ค่าโ"ยเฉพาะทางศาสนา/หลักศีลธรรม. (various references) nihilist (nihilist). (various references) нігілістичний (negative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Nihilistic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nihiliste, nihilisti, nihlistic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nihilistic" (pronounced 'Ni`hil*is"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Analeptic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic, Aplastic, Apocrustic, Apolaustic, Apopemptic, Archaistic, Argentic, Arrhaphostic, Asbestic, Aseptic, Aspartic, Asphaltic, Asphyctic, Astromantic, Atlantic, Atomistic, Autoclastic, Autoplastic, Bacchantic, Ballistic, Baltic, Baptistic, Bibliopegistic, Bibliopolistic, Bicrescentic, Brachycatalectic, Buddhistic, Bullantic, Cameralistic, Canonistic, Catacoustic, Catalectic, Cataleptic, Catapeltic, Cataphractic, Catastaltic, Cato-cathartic, Centrostaltic, Ceroplastic, Cetic, Chloropeptic, Choristic, Cisatlantic, Citharistic, Clastic, Climactic, Communalistic, Communistic, Coptic, Corybantic, Cosmoplastic, Crescentic, Cretic, Curialistic, Deictic, Deltic, Deutoplastic, Diacoustic, Dichastic, Dioristic, Diploblastic, Discoblastic, Docimastic, Dokimastic, Donatistic, Dracontic, Drastic, Dynastic, Dyslogistic, Ecphractic, Ectoplastic, Electic, Electro-ballistic, Elohistic, Embryoplastic, Emeto-cathartic, Empaistic, Emphractic, Emphyteutic, Empiristic, Endeictic, Endoblastic, Entastic, Entheastic, Entoplastic, Entoptic, Epiblastic, Epicerastic, Epideictic, Epiglottic, Epilogistic, Epinastic, Epiotic, Erethistic, Esemplastic, Eteostic, Euhemeristic, Eupeptic, Euphuistic, Eutectic, Evangelistic, Externalistic, Fatalistic, Fibrinoplastic, Formularistic, frantic, Fustic, galactic, Galvanocaustic, Galvanoplastic, Gelastic, Gestic, Gigantic, Glossoepiglottic, Glyptic, Gymnoblastic, Haematoplastic, Haemoplastic, Hebraistic, hedonistic, Helvetic, Hepatocystic, Heteroplastic, heuristic, Hierophantic, Holoblastic, Holocryptic, Holophrastic, Homoplastic, Hudibrastic, humanistic, Humoristic, Hydromantic, hypercatalectic, Hyperplastic, Hypoblastic, Hypocoristic, Hyponastic, Iatraliptic, iconoclastic, ictic, idealistic, Illuministic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, Isopiestic, Jehovistic, journalistic, Judaistic, lactic, Lamaistic, Latinistic, Lettic, liberalistic, Lithontriptic, Lithotriptic, Locustic, Lustic, majestic, mantic, mastic, Mastodontic, Melanistic, Meloplastic, Meroblastic, Meroistic, mesoblastic, Metaleptic, Metapectic, Micracoustic, monistic, monocystic, Monogenistic, Monogoneutic, Monoplastic, monopolistic, monotheistic, Myristic, Nativistic, Naturalistic, Nautic, Nearctic, Neoplastic, Neo-Scholastic, Nominalistic, Nonelastic, Nympholeptic, Octic, Onomastic, Optimistic, Orectic, Organoleptic, Organoplastic, Orgiastic, Orthoclastic, Osteoplastic, Ostic, Otic, oxyacetic, Oxyntic, Palearctic, Paleocrystic, Pancratiastic, Panoistic, Parablastic, Paracmastic, Paracrostic, Paralactic, Parallelistic, Paratactic, Pectic, Pederastic, Peirastic, Pentacrostic, Pepastic, Periotic, Peristaltic, Philanthropistic, Phlogistic, Phonocamptic, Photic, Phrentic, Phyllotactic, Pistic, Plastic, Polaristic, Polyacoustic, Polygoneutic, Polyplastic, Pontic, Pornerastic, Postic, Practic, Preaortic, Prenostic, Procatarctic, Prootic, Proplastic, Protactic, Protoplastic, Pseudo-romantic, Pterotic, Pugilistic, Pyroacetic, Pyrognostic, Quantic, Quietistic, Quintic, realistic, revivalistic, Rhaetic, Rhetic, Rhinoplastic, ritualistic, romantic, Saccholactic, Sans-culottic, Sarcolactic, Scelestic, Scholiastic, Sciolistic, Scioptic, Sensualistic, Separatistic, Sextic, simplistic, skeptic, Solecistic, Somnambulistic, spastic, spiritualistic, Spodomantic, Stegnotic, stochastic, Stomatoplastic, Strontic, stylistic, subarctic, Subepiglottic, Subglottic, supernaturalistic, Sustaltic, Symplectic, Synchronistic, Synclastic, syncretistic, synergistic, Syrtic, Systaltic, Talmudistic, Telestic, Terpentic, Tetraschistic, Theochristic, Theopneustic, Thermosystaltic, Thermotactic, Thigmotactic, Toreutic, transatlantic, Triploblastic, Tryptic, unartistic, Unelastic, Unionistic, universalistic, Vedantic, Vitalistic, Vitre-o-electic, Xyloplastic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-i-i-i-l-n-s-t" | |
-2 letters: chitlins, nihilist. | |
-3 letters: chitins, chitlin, litchis. | |
-4 letters: chilis, chints, chitin, instil, lichis, lichts, litchi, lithic, nihils, snitch. | |
-5 letters: chili, chins, chits, clits, hilts, hints, intis, lichi, licht, licit, lints, nihil, stich, thins. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-i-i-i-l-n-s-t" | |
+4 letters: antisyphilitic, lithifications. | |
+5 letters: antisyphilitics, machinabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 68 69 6C 69 73 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. .... .. .-.. .. ... - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01101000 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i h i l i s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 0068 0069 006C 0069 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48757475787585867569 |
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