About The Word Existential

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Existential

Existential Meaning & Definition
Existential Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Existential?

[adj] derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey
[adj] relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
[adj] of or as conceived by existentialism; "an existential moment of choice"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Existential: empirical | experiential

Related Terms | Find terms related to Existential: animist | animistic | atomistic | cosmotheistic | Cyrenaic | eclectic | Eleatic | empirical | Epicurean | eudaemonistic | hedonic | hedonist | hedonistic | humanist | humanistic | idealistic | instrumentalist | materialistic | mechanistic | Megarian | metaphysical | monistic | naturalistic | nominalist | panlogistical | pantheistic | positivist | positivistic | pragmatic | pragmatist | rationalistic | realist | realistic | scholastic | sensationalistic | Stoic | syncretistic | theistic | transcendentalist | transcendentalistic | utilitarian | vitalistic | voluntarist | voluntaristic

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Existential In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex`is*ten"tial\, a. Having existence. [Archaic] --Bp. Barlow. --{Ex`is*ten"tial*ly}, adv. [Archaic] Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. --Colerige.

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