existentialism
A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human…A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices; also (generally), a philosophy which emphasizes existence over essence.
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Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices; also (generally), a philosophy which emphasizes existence over essence.
The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
Existentialismus
экзистенциали́змekzistencialízm
екзистенціалізмekzystencializm
(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.
(historical, uncountable)Synonym of structuralism (“a school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events”).
- (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
Examples
2 sentencesHow can one explain the concept of "existentialism"?
Existentialism is a humanism.
ruЭкзистенциализм — это гуманизм.
deDer Existenzialismus ist ein Humanismus.
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves:existential philosophyexistentialist philosophy
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