Nietzscheanism

noun

Nietz·​sche·​an·​ism

-əˌnizəm

variants or Nietzscheism

-chēˌizəm

plural -s

: the philosophical theories of Nietzsche advocating the overcoming of both a threatening nihilism and a slave morality as exemplified for him in historical Christianity through a reevaluation of all values on the basis of a will to power epitomized in his doctrine of the superman and the idea of the eternal recurrence of all things

Word History

Etymology

nietzscheanism from Nietzschean entry 1 + -ism; Nietzscheism from F. W. Nietzsche + English -ism

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