Nihilism vs Libertine - What's the difference?
nihilism | libertine |
(philosophy) A philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.
(ethics) The rejection of inherent or objective moral principles.
(politics) The rejection of non-rationalized or non-proven assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
(politics, historical) A Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.
Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.
The deliberate refusal of belief, to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.
One who is freethinking in religious matters.
Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
* 2007 , Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons , tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 123,
As nouns the difference between nihilism and libertine
is that nihilism is a philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life while libertine is someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.As an adjective libertine is
dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.nihilism
English
Noun
- "...the band members sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism " (rock critic Dave Marsh, reviewing the band XTC's album Go )
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Synonyms
* (belief that all endeavours are void ) fatalismExternal links
* * English words suffixed with -ismlibertine
English
(wikipedia libertine)Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; see liberal, liberate.Etymology 2
From (etyl) libertinNoun
(en noun)- So the truth of the matter is that a libertine' in love, if indeed a ' libertine can be in love, becomes from that moment in less of a hurry to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh.
