Lovell, Stephen (1998): «Nihilism, Russian», Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9780415249126-E072-1. ISBN 9780415250696. Sitat: «Nihilism was a broad social and cultural movement as well as a doctrine.»
«nihilism (n.)», Online Etymology Dictionary, sitat: «from Latin nihil "nothing at all" ... Turgenev used the Russian form of the word (nigilizm) in "Fathers and Children" (1862)»
Pratt, Alan: «Nihilism», Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Sitat: «In Russia, nihilism became identified with a loosely organized revolutionary movement (C.1860-1917) that rejected the authority of the state, church, and family.»