"existentialism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/ Audio: en-us-existentialism.ogg Forms: existentialisms [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French existentialisme. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|existentialisme}} French existentialisme Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} existentialism (countable and uncountable, plural existentialisms)
  1. (philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (philosophical movement): وُجُودِيَّة (wujūdiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), էքզիստենցիալիզմ (ēkʻzistencʻializm) (Armenian), অস্তিত্ববাদ (ostittobad) (Bengali), екзистенциализъм (ekzistencializǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဖြစ်တည်မှုပဓာနဝါဒ (hpractanyhmu.pa.dhana.wada.) (Burmese), existencialisme [masculine] (Catalan), 存在主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 存在主义 (cúnzàizhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), existencialismus [masculine] (Czech), eksistentialisme [common-gender] (Danish), existentialisme [neuter] (Dutch), ekzistadismo (Esperanto), eksistentialismi (Finnish), existentialisme [masculine] (French), existencialismo [masculine] (Galician), ეგზისტენციალიზმი (egzisṭencializmi) (Georgian), Existentialismus [masculine] (German), υπαρξισμός (yparxismós) [masculine] (Greek), tilvistarstefna (Icelandic), eiseachas [masculine] (Irish), esistenzialismo [masculine] (Italian), 実存主義 (jitsuzonshugi) (Japanese), экзистенциализм (ékzistensializm) (Kazakh), 실존주의 (siljonjuui) (alt: 實存主義) (Korean), eksistenciālisms [masculine] (Latvian), egzistencializmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), егзистенцијали́зам (egzistencijalízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), faham kewujudan (Malay), eksistensialisme (Malay), അസ്തിത്വവാദം (astitvavādaṁ) (Malayalam), eżistenzjaliżmu [masculine] (Maltese), هستیگرایی (hasti-gerâyi) (Persian), اگزیستانسیالیسم (egzistânsiâlism) (Persian), egzystencjalizm [masculine] (Polish), existencialismo [masculine] (Portuguese), ਅਸਤਿਤਵਵਾਦ (asatitvavād) [masculine] (Punjabi), existențialism [neuter] (Romanian), экзистенциали́зм (ekzistencialízm) [masculine] (Russian), egzistencijalìzam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), existencializmus (Slovak), existencialismo [masculine] (Spanish), existentialism [common-gender] (Swedish), อัตถิภาวนิยม (àt-tì-paa-wá-ní-yom) (Thai), varoluşçuluk (Turkish), egzistansiyalizm (Turkish), екзистенціалізм (ekzystencializm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chủ nghĩa hiện sinh (Vietnamese), thuyết hiện sinh (Vietnamese), dirfodaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Philosophy
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Related terms: exist, existence, existential, existentialist

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    }
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}

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