From Late Latin existentialis, from existentia.

• IPA: /ˌɛɡ.zɪs.ˈtɛn.ʃəl/, /ˌɛk.sɪs.ˈtɛn.ʃəl/

existential (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to existence.
2. Concerning the very existence of something, especially with regard to extinction.

   existential risk

3. Based on experience; empirical.
   • 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC ↗, page 4 ↗:

     In recent books on logic, distinction is made between two orders of inquiry concerning anything. First, what is the nature of it? how did it come about? what is its constitution, origin, and history? And second, What is its importance, meaning, or significance, now that it is once here? The answer to the one question is given in an existential judgment or proposition. The answer to the other is a proposition of value, what the Germans call a Werthurtheil […]

4. (philosophy) Of or relating to existentialism.
5. (linguistics) Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence, e.g. "there is".

• non-phenomenal
• noumenal
• non-metaphysical

• French: existentiel
• German: existentiell
• Italian: esistenziale
• Portuguese: existencial
• Russian: экзистенциа́льный
• Spanish: existencial

• Spanish: existencialista

• Spanish: existencial

existential (plural existentials)

1. (linguistics) Ellipsis of existential clause
2. (programming) Ellipsis of existential type

   Coordinate term: generic