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Nihilism vs Narcissism - What's the difference?

nihilism | narcissism |

As nouns the difference between nihilism and narcissism

is that nihilism is a philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life while narcissism is excessive love of oneself.

nihilism

English

Noun

  • (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.
    • "...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 )
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Synonyms

    * (belief that all endeavours are void ) fatalism

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ism

    narcissism

    English

    (narcissism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Excessive love of oneself.
  • Sexual desire for one's own body.

    • Derived terms

    * narcissist * narcissistic *narcissize

    See also

    * egoism * egocentrism * self-love English eponyms English words suffixed with -ism