Associations to the word «Existentialism»

Wiktionary

EXISTENTIALISM, noun. (philosophy) (not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
EXISTENTIALISM, noun. (philosophy) (countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.

Dictionary definition

EXISTENTIALISM, noun. (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves.

Wise words

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John Adams