EXISTENTIALISM

existentialism, existential philosophy, existentialist philosophy

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

existentialism (countable and uncountable, plural existentialisms)

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

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

Antonyms

• noumenalism

Source: Wiktionary



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