existentialism
UK /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/ US /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
2
The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.
Instead of Existentialism, we should speak of Existentialisms.
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