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NIHILIST, N. A Russian Who Denies The Existence Of Anything But Tolstoi.
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NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but
Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
UNITARIAN, n. One who denies the divinity of a Trinitarian.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
CALUMNUS, n. A graduate of the School for Scandal. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
HOURI, n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulma
whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul....
RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul.
A Tartar Emetic. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
CANNIBAL, n. A gastronome of the old school who preserves the simple tastes and adheres to the natural diet of the pre-pork period.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent.
Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer....
IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary