Nietzscheism

[ nee-chee-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.

Other Words From

• Nie·tzsche·an noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nietzscheism¹

First recorded in 1905–10; Nietzsche + -ism

Example Sentences

I snap my fingers at Nietzscheism when I realize that she is the strongest personality in my little world.

From Project Gutenberg

Note the successes we have arranged in Darwinism, Marxism, and Nietzscheism.

From Project Gutenberg

It is significant that it makes its appearance in the same Protocol in which the "No Annexations" program was announced 20 years before the World War, in the same Protocol in which it is announced that Gentile rulers will be allowed to appear before the people for a short period, while Jewish influences were organizing themselves behind the seats of power, and in the same Protocol where Darwinism, Marxism and Nietzscheism are claimed among the most "demoralizing" doctrines which Jewish influence has disseminated.

From Project Gutenberg

Then follows the claim made concerning the three most revolutionary theories in the physical, economic and moral realms, namely Darwinism, Marxism and Nietzscheism.

From Project Gutenberg

To apply Nietzscheism to socialism was, however, beyond her; to reconcile the two doctrines which apparently conflict and really only overlap was a task too difficult for a brain which had lain fallow for twenty-five years.

From Project Gutenberg