Nietzschean
Beyond good, evil
Nietzschean describes ideas, attitudes, or people influenced by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
The term evokes his major themes: the will to power, the rejection of conventional morality, the concept of the Übermensch, and the declaration that "God is dead." A Nietzschean worldview tends to embrace struggle, self-overcoming, and the creation of one's own values rather than accepting inherited ones.
His Nietzschean contempt for mediocrity alienated his colleagues.
Drive toward mastery
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- revaluationReassessing something's worth
- antichristEnemy of the faith
Quality of being genuine
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- self-creationMaking oneself exist
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
- freedomAbsence of constraint
alienation · absurdity · isolation · angst · fate · solitude · self-determination · autonomy
Attacking revered traditions
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- revaluationReassessing something's worth
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
defiance · unorthodoxy · taboo-breaking · provocation · blasphemy · subversion · dissent · boundary-pushing
Drive toward mastery
- self-masteryControl over one's behavior
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- strengthPower to exert force
vitality · ambition · drive · overcoming · vigor · fortitude · potency · force
will-to-power
Drive toward mastery
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- revaluationReassessing something's worth
antichrist · nihilism · self-overcoming · immoralism · fatalism
authenticity
Quality of being genuine
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- self-creationMaking oneself exist
- meaninglessnessLack of significance
freedom · alienation · absurdity · isolation · angst · fate · solitude · self-determination · autonomy · becoming
iconoclasm
Attacking revered traditions
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- revaluationReassessing something's worth
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
nonconformity · defiance · unorthodoxy · taboo-breaking · provocation · blasphemy · subversion · dissent · boundary-pushing · rebellion
will-to-power
Drive toward mastery
- self-masteryControl over one's behavior
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
strength · vitality · ambition · drive · overcoming · vigor · fortitude · potency · force · determination
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
NietzscheanKantian
Of duty-ethics philosophy
utilitarian · Christian · deontological · altruistic · slave morality
NietzscheanChristian
Adherent of the gospel
Platonic · theistic · religious · otherworldly · ascetic
Nietzscheanegalitarian
Equality principle supporter
conformist · meek · democratic · socialist · humanitarian