Existentialism

Definitions

1. A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
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2. The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.”

“Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.”

“Instead of Existentialism, we should speak⟳ of Existentialisms.”

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