Definitions for existentialism

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existentialism ex·is·ten·tial·ism

Spelling: [eg-zi-sten-shuh-liz-uh m, ek-si-]

IPA: /ˌɛg zɪˈstɛn ʃəˌlɪz əm, ˌɛk sɪ-/

Existentialism is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 1324 anagrams from letters in existentialism (aeeiiilmnssttx).

Definitions for existentialism

noun

1. a philosophical attitude associated especially with Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, and Sartre, and opposed to rationalism and empiricism, that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices.

Origin of existentialism

1940-45; German Existentialismus (1919); see existential, -ism

Examples for existentialism

“It all goes back to existentialism,” she says of her career.