existentialist has definitions from the field of philosophy
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[ noun ] (philosophy) a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

A biting , pithy parable of the all pervading hollowness of modern life , the piece has been set by Mlle_Lagoon to a sumptuous score ( a single motif played over_and_over by four thousand French_horns ) by existentialist hot-shot Jean-Paul_Sartre .

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[ adjective ] (philosophy) relating to or involving existentialism

Examples

"existentialist movement" "existentialist philosophy" "the existentialist character of his ideas"

Related terms

existentialism

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