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Adjective: existentialist  eg-zis'ten-shu-list
  1. Relating to or involving existentialism
    "the existentialist character of his ideas"; "existentialist movement"; "existentialist philosophy"
Noun: existentialist  eg-zis'ten-shu-list
  1. A philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
    "Sartre was a prominent existentialist philosopher";
    - existentialist philosopher, existential philosopher

Derived forms: existentialists

Type of: philosopher

Encyclopedia: Existentialist