existentialist
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- adjective
- /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪst/
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existencialista
- Nevertheless, like the Surrealists, he was eager to shake middle-class attitudes in order to make room for his nascent existentialist ideas.
- existentialist philosophy
And the book is The Free Market, Existentialist Capitalism Without Consumerism.
- And the book is The Free Market, Existentialist Capitalism Without Consumerism.
- This is what we call existentialist humanism.
- Like there's a existentialist kind of ideal pervading most of his work.
Examples
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That's why this is a classic existentialist short story.
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Sandy Pointe Village has a compellingly dreary train station like something out of an existentialist novel, all blindingly bleached concrete and scrub-filled sand.
Fiction book (1999) -
His lifestyle, certainly, is influenced by existentialist ideas.
Academic text (1997) -
This is what we call existentialist humanism.
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Maybe it's time to start a new existentialist philosophy for global environmental catastrophes.
Blog text (28) -
I think it must be the existentialist form, which is sacrificial of one's own ego and vanity.
Blog text (5) -
Humor is a fundamental part of the existentialist ethic that's able to deal with absurdity.
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Camus's existentialist concerns were in fact relevant not just for Mohamedi but for numerous other Indian Muslims working in postwar Paris.
Academic text (2014) -
Post-Nietzschean and existentialist literature has portrayed for us man's well-known present predicament.
Academic text (1993) -
The novel explores themes of choice and freedom through its existentialist characters.
Synonyms
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Relating to questions about life and personal meaning
Compounds
A person who says people must make their own meaning in a world without given purpose
Ideas that say people are free and responsible for making their own meaning and values
Surface Forms
Morphology
existentialist = existential (semi-transparent) = exist + ential + ist
The adjective is formed regularly from 'existential' with '-ist', so the link to the base word is straightforward.
Etymology
Existentialist comes from the word exist meaning 'to be' and the ending -ist which you see in words like artist. It describes ideas that focus on a person's existence, freedom, and the need to choose their own meaning.