black pill
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(often attributive) A notional pill taken by those who have adopted a nihilistic, usually (but not necessarily) far-right philosophy, especially incels who believe unattractive men will never be sexually or romantically successful, or those who are pessimistic about social or political issues.
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(philosophy) A hypothetical pill with a specific probability of causing death, which one is offered a large sum of money in order to take, as a philosophical dilemma.
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(slang) An opium pill.
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A poison pill; a pill intended to kill the person who ingests it.
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A traditional Tibetan remedy.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, pill.
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A suburb in Mumbles community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6190).
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(transitive) To cause another to adopt a nihilistic philosophy.
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