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UK
/ɛɡzɪstˈɛnʃɪəlˌɪzəm/
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NOUN
- (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
How To Use existentialism In A Sentence
- It is full of those little moments of impotency, existentialism and half-baked philosophical epiphanies that happen to us all.
- Sartre's existentialism drew its immediate inspiration from the work of the German philosopher, Martin Heidegger.
- Various other literary styles, such as symbolism and existentialism, have influenced Slovene writers since the 1960s.
- He read deeply on the subject of existentialism, having long conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre.
- It is the latter which is the deeper meaning of existentialism.
- I remember back in summer, when I was taking my course in existentialism, we discussed the topic of death.
- I understand the argument that Kafka's writing and his place in the history of existentialism helped to pave the way for absurdism in theatre, but absurdist plays work best when they make us laugh.
- Even as the two Normans zing each other about their positions on existentialism and foreign policy, they contend on a baser, dirtier plane.
- The foundational tenet of existentialism is that existence precedes essence.
- Radical subjectivism brings the anguish and forlornness of existentialism to man at the close of dualism.
