existentialism

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/

Noun

existentialism

1. (philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.

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

2. (philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.

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

   • 1965, Mikel Dufrenne, "Existentialism and Existentialisms," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol 26 no 1 (Sep), p. 51.

     Instead of Existentialism, we should speak of Existentialisms.

Antonyms

• noumenalism

Related terms

• exist
• existence
• existential
• existentialist

Translations

• French: existentialisme
• German: Existentialismus
• Italian: esistenzialismo
• Portuguese: existencialismo
• Russian: экзистенциали́зм
• Spanish: existencialismo

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