English adjective: existentialist | |||
1. | existentialist relating to or involving existentialism | ||
Samples | Existentialist movement. Existentialist philosophy. The existentialist character of his ideas. | ||
English noun: existentialist | |||
1. | existentialist (person) a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable | ||
Synonyms | existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher | ||
Broader (hypernym) | philosopher | ||
Instance hyponym | Albert Camus, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir | ||