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- adverb In a
nihilistic manner.
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Examples
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The morally handicapped might nihilistically chuckle that sometimes one does, or even that there's no reason why it shouldn't always be that corrupt, but they're not valid entrants in moral or political deliberations.
Let's Increase Poverty, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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These things are not simply deployed nihilistically, despite the propaganda we are force fed.
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Otherwise I have to agree the film is 100% less infuriating (not to mention 100% less nihilistically masturbatory) than the novel.
Top 10 Movies as Good or Better Than Books They’re Based On » Scene-Stealers 2009
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But a president dealing with 10% unemployment and an energized and nihilistically obstructionist opposition needs to be very careful about spending precious political capital. soft Says:
Matthew Yglesias » The Real Story on Bankster Political Influence 2009
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Stealing sneakers, cell phones and electrical goods while nihilistically giggling as buildings burn down has nothing to do with wanting a better world for ordinary people.
Alan Miller: UK Riots Alan Miller 2011
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"The Night Porter" nihilistically exploited the story for its sadism.
After The Survivors 2008
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When a trio of "" nihilist '' thugs mistakes the penniless Dude for the loaded Big, breaking in and urinating nihilistically on his rug, a hornet's nest of old movie themes explodes.
All-Purpose Parody 2008
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It won't stop those nihilistically committed to mass murder.
Danny Biddle update Rachel 2006
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To avoid the danger of interpreting this ground nihilistically or relativisitically, the modern Japanese thinker, Nishida KitaroÌ (1870-1945) adds that it is absolutely nothing, where “absolutely” means cutting off all pairs of polar opposites.
Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy Nagatomo, Shigenori 2006
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The villains looked stupid and nihilistically inclined.
My Dark Places Ellroy, James, 1948- 1996
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