existentialismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/specializeda system of ideas made famous by Jean Paul Sartre in the 1940s in which the world has no meaning and each person is alone and completely responsible for their own actions, by which they make their own character
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existential
adjective uk/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl/us/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl/also existentialist
an existential/existentialist argument/philosopher
existentialist
noun [ C ] uk/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪst/us/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪst/