futilitarianism means the belief that all human activity is futile. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
FUTILITARIANISM — [Noun] The philosophical conviction that all human effort, particularly that aimed at utility or progress, is inherently and ultimately pointless. It is a blend of 'futile' (from Latin fūtilis, "leaky, vain, useless") and 'utilitarianism' (the ethical doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority). Unlike "nihilism" (which voids the cosmos of intrinsic value) or "utilitarianism" (which champions the calculus of beneficial action), futilitarianism is a specific, weary verdict on human activity: it concedes the existence of goals but indicts the human capacity to achieve them as comically insufficient. It is the stone you push up the hill already beginning to crumble, the meticulously stacked firewood left to rot in the rain, and the earnest referendum whose result changes nothing—a serene acknowledgment that the machinery of purpose is powered by a faith its own operations steadily erode.
noun
- The belief that all human activity is futile.