existentialist

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existentialism definition

ex·is·ten·tial·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

a philosophical and literary movement, variously religious and atheistic, stemming from Kierkegaard and represented by Sartre, Heidegger, etc.: it is based on the doctrine that concrete, individual existence takes precedence over abstract, conceptual essence and holds that human beings are totally free and responsible for their acts and that this responsibility is the source of their feelings of dread and anguish

Etymology: Fr existentialisme < existenciel

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