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existentialist

noun
/ɛɡzɪsˈtɛnt͡ʃʰələst/US

Etymology

From French existentialiste, equivalent to existential + -ist.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻ — “to stand (up)”
  2. derived from existēns
  3. derived from -ālis
  4. derived from existentia
  5. learned borrowing from existentialis
  6. formed as existentialist — “existential + -ist”

Definitions

  1. A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.

  2. Of or pertaining to existentialism.

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