futilitarianism
/fjuːˌtɪlɪˈtɛriənɪzəm/
noun
- A belief or philosophy that human efforts are useless and that striving for goals is pointless.
- After years of failed projects, he fell into a kind of futilitarianism, seeing no point in trying anymore.
- The novel explores the futilitarianism of war, where soldiers' sacrifices seem to change nothing.
- Some critics accused the artist of promoting futilitarianism with his bleak, hopeless paintings.
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