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adjective
- 1. relating to existence: "the climate crisis is an existential threat to the world"
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The meaning of EXISTENTIAL is of, relating to, or affirming existence. How to use existential in a sentence.
relating to a philosophy (= system of ideas) according to which the world has no meaning and each person is alone and completely responsible for his or her own actions: an existential argument / philosopher. a novel of existential dread. See. existentialism. relating to existence or being alive:
1. of or relating to existence, esp human existence. 2. philosophy. pertaining to what exists, and is thus known by experience rather than reason; empirical as opposed to theoretical. 3. logic.
If something is existential, it has to do with human existence. If you wrestle with big questions involving the meaning of life, you may be having an existential crisis. Existential can also relate to existence in a more concrete way.
adjective. of or relating to existence, esp human existence. philosophy pertaining to what exists, and is thus known by experience rather than reason; empirical as opposed to theoretical.
1. Of, relating to, or dealing with existence. 2. Based on experience; empirical. 3. Of or as conceived by existentialism or existentialists: an existential moment of choice. 4. Linguistics Of or relating to a construction or part of a construction that indicates existence, as the words there is in the sentence There is a cat on the mat. n.
The earliest known use of the adjective existential is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for existential is from 1656, in the writing of P. K. existential is a borrowing from Latin .
Definition of existential adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Existentialism is a family of views and forms of philosophical inquiry that explore the meaning, purpose, and value of the existence of the human individual.
Definitions of 'existential'. 1. Existential means relating to human existence and experience. [formal] [...] 2. You use existential to describe fear, anxiety, and other feelings that are caused by thinking about human existence and death. [formal] [...] More.
