Noun
One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.
A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI'm very proud that some people think that I'm a danger for the intellectual health of students. When people start thinking of health in intellectual activities, I think there is something wrong. In their opinion I am a dangerous man, since I am a crypto-Marxist, an irrationalist, a nihilist. Michel Foucault
A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists. Albert Camus
I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light. Billy Corgan
Maybe those nihilist philosophers are right; maybe this is all we can expect of the universe, a relentless crushing of life and spirit, because the equilibrium state of the cosmos is death... Arthur C. Clarke
Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in the same river twice. Philip Johnson
To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. Christopher Hitchens