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Noun:

  • Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.
  • ethics The rejection of all moral principles.
  • philosophy Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence.
  • politics (''capitalized'' by protagonist Turgenev) A Russian anarchistic revolutionary doctrine (1860-1917) holding that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake, independent of any constructive program or possibility.
  • The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.
  • The deliberate refusal of belief, to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.

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