existential

English

Etymology

From Old French existence.

Adjective

existential (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to existence.
2. Based on experience; empirical.
3. (philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism.
4. (linguistics) That part of a sentence indicating existence e.g. "there is".

Antonyms

• non-phenomenal
• noumenal
• non-metaphysical

Derived terms

• existentialism
• existentialist
• existential crisis
• existential quantifier

Related terms

• aseity
• exist
• existence
• existent
• existant

Translations

• Chinese: 存在主義的, 存在主义的
• Croatian: ȅgzistencijālan (hr)
• Czech: existenciální (cs), existenční (cs)
• Dutch: existentiële
• French: existentiel (fr) m., existentielle (fr) f.
• German: existenziell (de), existentiell (de)
• Greek: υπαρξιακός m.
• Japanese: 実存的な
• Korean: 실존
• Russian: экзистенциальный m.
• Spanish: existencial (es) m. and f.