μηδενισμός

Greek

Etymology

From μηδέν (midén, “zero, nil”) +‎ -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), a calque of French nihilisme. First attested 1820.

Noun

μηδενισμός • (midenismós) m (plural μηδενισμοί)

(mathematics) cancelling out (UK), canceling out (US)
the fact of being given zero marks
(philosophy) nihilism (extreme scepticism)

Declension

declension of μηδενισμός

	singular	plural
nominative	μηδενισμός •	μηδενισμοί •
genitive	μηδενισμού •	μηδενισμών •
accusative	μηδενισμό •	μηδενισμούς •
vocative	μηδενισμέ •	μηδενισμοί •
plural forms are less common

Related terms

see: μηδέν n (midén, “zero”)

Further reading

μηδενισμός in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]

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