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resistentialism, n.|rɛzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m|
[Humorous blend of L. rēs thing(s) and F. résister resist v. with existentialism n.]
P. Jennings's mock philosophy which maintains that inanimate objects are hostile to humans.
1948P. Jennings in Spectator 23 Apr. 491/1 Resistentialism is a philosophy of tragic grandeur... Resistentialism derives its name from its central thesis that Things (res) resist (résister) men... Resistentialism is the philosophy of what Things think about us. 1950― Oddly Enough 147 ‘Things are against us.’ This is the nearest English translation I can find for the basic concept of Resistentialism. 1977Fontana Dict. Mod. Thought 540/1 The absence of any physical basis for resistentialism is more than counterbalanced by its appeal as a psychological theory. 1978Verbatim May 11/1 It forms the basis of Clark-Thrimble's classic experiment in resistentialism. 1986Times 2 July 16/6 More and more people come to recognize the basic truth of Resistentialism (basically, that it is not men who control things, but things which increasingly control men). 1988Newsday 21 June (Discovery) 5/4 The technical term for..mechanical insolence is ‘resistentialism’.
Hence resiˈstentialist n., an adherent of resistentialism; also as adj.
1948P. Jennings in Spectator 23 Apr. 491/2 To the resistentialist man is no-Thing... Things are the only reality, possessing a power of action to which we can never aspire. Ibid. In the musical field there is already a school of resistentialist composers among the younger men. 1989New Republic 29 May 26/3 Irwin is..a ‘resistentialist’—malfunctioning things are always conspiring against him. |