a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
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existentialist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher |
| Type of | philosopher |
| Derivation | existentialism |
existentialist:: | Spocien Dictionary
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existentialist movement.
existentialist philosophy.
the existentialist character of his ideas.
Examples of existentialist
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I don't think Camus wanted to be called an existentialist or compared to Sartre.
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Therapists often offer existentialist philosophy as an explanation for anxiety.
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Because of this loose association, Ionesco is often mislabeled an existentialist.
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Different types of existentialist philosophers see this process in different ways.
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So Percy immersed himself in the postwar European existentialist philosophers.
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To this dilemma The Final Countdown makes a sensible, existentialist response.
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Sometimes I feel like I'm hanging around existentialist French poets all day.
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Always a pointless pursuit, as my existentialist friend Eeyore knows only too well.
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The second sounds as though it had wandered in from some 1950s existentialist drama.
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- Relating to or involving existentialism; "existentialist movement"; "existentialist philosophy"; "the existentialist character of his ideas"
- A philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
- (existential) experiential: derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey
- (existentialism) (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
- (Existentialists) Existentialism is a term applied to the work of a number of 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, generally held that the focus of philosophical thought should be to deal with the conditions of existence of the individual person and ...
- (The Existentialists) The Exies are an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1997. Their name, "The Exies", is short for "The Existentialists". Their two Virgin Records releases, Inertia (2003) and Head for the Door (2004), have sold over 400,000 copies combined.
- (3. Existential) rebellion against conditions of existence. Examines metaphysical life of humankind. Priest turns the mirror on to the void. The "old age of Modern Drama." Exploration of Spiritual world/time/timelessness. Impossibility of social action and social intercourse. ...
- (Existential) of or pertaining to the being of Dasein. Contrasts with categorial.
- An existential sentence is one which is about the existence of some entity. For example, a sentence such as 'Is there any coffee left?' questions the existence of coffee. ...
