existentialism
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- noun
- /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/
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existencialismo
- One very central theme in existentialism is freedom.
- Sartre's existentialism
- concepts of existentialism
One very central theme in existentialism is freedom.
- One very central theme in existentialism is freedom.
- So how does existentialism differ from nihilism?
- Now you've entered the heart of existentialism because you're asking what is worth wanting?
- It's, you know, it's existentialism on one level, and it's also dislocation from the world on another.
- What there's different flavors of existentialism, but they all have in common.
- We have Gabriel Marcel, the first person to use the term existentialism in French.
- Yet they claim this superiority over the answers of existentialism and they shun science.
- My complete worldview on existentialism and spirituality is so breathtakingly stupid.
Examples
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"My guess is, there's more to existentialism than that."
Fiction book (2000) -
So Sartre wrote A Critique of Dialectical Reason, which took existentialism and tried to make it Marxist.
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"How do you live, if you believe in existentialism?" I asked him.
Fiction book (1992) -
In fact, your essay on existentialism was quite amazing.
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Maybe there was some kind of existentialism in the water; I don't know.
Fiction book (1994) -
So how does existentialism differ from nihilism?
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She had never heard the word existentialism in her life because she's a very bright, well read woman.
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Now you've entered the heart of existentialism because you're asking what is worth wanting?
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That's the fundamental meaning of existentialism - you're engaged in a situation where the end is unknown.
Academic text (2007) -
One very central theme in existentialism is freedom.
Synonyms
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A philosophy that says people create their own meaning by choosing freely and taking responsibility
Ideas that say people are free and responsible for making their own meaning and values
Surface Forms
Morphology
existentialism = existential (semi-transparent) = exist + ial + ism
Formed by the adjective 'existential' plus the productive suffix '-ism' to name a doctrine or movement; the morphological formation is regular.
Etymology
Existentialism starts with exist meaning 'to be' and ends with -ism meaning 'a belief' or 'a movement'. So existentialism is the name for a movement or idea about how people 'exist' and why each person must make choices and take responsibility.