nihilism

a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake

Nothingness; nihility.

Latin nihil nothing

“The term Nihilism is also applied to those philosophical systems which sweep the course clear of all incredibilities and irrationalities, but leave us bare of all our inherited spiritual possessions.”

— P. Austin?- Nuttall, The Nuttall encyclopædia

In Alejandro's art district, Chibuike faced blank canvases at her gallery opening. "Why paint when all is void?" a heckler shouted, embodying nihilism. Chibuike grabbed brushes, painting fervently until her canvases blazed with color and life, silencing the void.

At Hanoi's chaotic Old Quarter market, Oscar crumpled a flyer promoting the city's heritage into a tight ball and tossed it into the Red River, his eyes glinting with a fervor that bordered on nihilism as he watched it float away.

“Weil had great influence on his philosophy, since he saw her writings as an "antidote" to nihilism.”