existentialist : Idioms & Phrases
existentialist philosopher
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noun a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
existentialist; existential philosopher.
WordNet
existentialist philosophy
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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
existentialism; existential philosophy.