existential
existential
Definition
ex·is·ten·tial (eg′zis ten′s̸həl, ek′sis-; --c̸həl)
adjective
- of, based on, or expressing existence
- of, relating to, or as conceived of in, existentialism
- Logic implicitly or explicitly asserting actuality as opposed to conceptual possibility
Etymology: ModL existentialis
existential
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- quantifier: The existential quantifier is an analog of the English expression " there exists " , or perhaps just " there is " .
- angst: I'd also love to make some great European road movie - lots of existential angst, heavy emotions.
- quantification: According to Russell, the proposition has the form of an existential quantification with a bound variable.
- psychotherapy: Likewise, there were numerous attempts, beginning in the forties, to develop a form of existential psychotherapy.
- dignity: That diagnosis will then lead us into an analysis of his understanding of authentic existential dignity.
- proposition: There is, however, a second way of proving the minor premiss, and this even without recourse to any singular existential propositions.
Modifying Another Word
- even: Brentano's much stronger claim is however that no propositions at all are accepted in such judgements, not even existential ones.
- deeply: Therefore, we are entitled to say that the idea of death constitutes the central theme of this deeply existential poetry.
- almost: In all areas, everybody, for one reason or another, is asking almost existential questions.
- essentially: It emphasizes the ultimacy of spiritual values; yet it demonstrates that the roots of spiritual life lie in conditions that are essentially existential.
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