Nihilism

/ˈnaɪ.ə.ˌlɪ.zəm/ noun medium

Nihilism is the philosophical position that rejects the idea that existence has any objective meaning or moral truth.

After the war destroyed everything he valued, he drifted toward a bleak nihilism that questioned whether anything mattered at all.

Memory Trick

Remember the Latin root 'nihil' meaning nothing - nihilism is the belief that, in the end, there is nothing to hold onto.