existentialism

noun
/ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/

Etymology

Borrowed from French existentialisme.

  1. borrowed from existentialisme

Definitions

  1. A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence…

    A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.

    • The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
  2. The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist…

    The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.

    • Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.
    • Instead of Existentialism, we should speak of Existentialisms.

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