futilitarian

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  1. adjective Holding or based on the view that human endeavor is futile.
  2. noun One who holds the view that human endeavor is futile.

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  1. futilit(y) + -arian.

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  1. A word formed on the type of utilitarian, and involving a sneer at the philosophic school so called.
 

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