existentialist
pronunciation
How to pronounce existentialist in British English:
UK [ˌeɡzɪ'stenʃəlɪst]
How to pronounce existentialist in American English:
US [ˌeɡzɪ'stenʃəlɪst]
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- Noun:
- a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
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- Adjective:
- relating to or involving existentialism
Word Origin
- existentialist
- 1945 (n.); 1946 (adj.), from French existentialiste, from existentialisme (1940); see existentialism. Related: Existentialistic.
Example
- 1. Or as existentialist jean-paul sartre called him , " the most complete human being of our age " ?
- 2. As defined from an existentialist perspective , our lives are defined by the choices we make .
- 3. From the existentialist perspective as defined by the theologian , paul tillich , the issue is one of courage .
- 4. The us president , who included the existentialist albert camus on his summer reading list , has also shown a particularly french trait in glorifying theory over practice .