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-{{a|plainenglish|}}{{Quote|{{dsh annihilism}}<br>:—{{dsh}} }}{{d|Annihilism|/əˈnʌɪ(h)ɪlɪz(ə)m/|n|(made up)}}
+{{a|plainenglish|}}{{d|Annihilism|/əˈnʌɪ(h)ɪlɪz(ə)m/|n|(made up)}}
-The wilful obliteration of all cultural, religious and moral principles, in the belief that the single moral truth is that life is meaningless, and that any attempt to make sense of it is therefore sacrilege.
+A philosophy advocating the wilful obliteration of all cultural, religious and moral principles, in the belief that the single moral truth is that life is meaningless, and that any attempt to make sense of it is therefore sacrilege. A kind of ''radical'' nihilism.
-(From Herculio’s speech in {{dsh}}, cited above)
+The term is credited to {{otto}}, and coming from [[Herculio]]’s soliloquy in {{dsh}}, cited below, even though {{buchstein}} did not, exactly, use it.
+{{Quote|{{dsh annihilism}}<br>
+:—{{dsh}} }}
 {{sa}}
-*{{ob}}
+*{{otto}}
 *{{dsh}}