existentialism

English

Etymology

From existential +‎ -ism; borrowed from German Existentialismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/

Noun

existentialism (countable and uncountable, plural existentialisms)

1. (philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.

   The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.

2. (philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.

   Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.

   • 1965, Mikel Dufrenne, "Existentialism and Existentialisms," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol 26 no 1 (Sep), p. 51.

     Instead of Existentialism, we should speak of Existentialisms.

Antonyms

• noumenalism

Related terms

• exist
• existence
• existential
• existentialist

Translations

philosophical movement

• Arabic: وُجُودِيَّة f (wujūdiyya)
• Armenian: էքզիստենցիալիզմ (ēkʻzistencʻializm)
• Bulgarian: екзистенциализъм m (ekzistencializǎm)
• Burmese: ဖြစ်တည်မှုပဓာနဝါဒ (hpractanyhmu.pa.dhana.wada.)
• Catalan: existencialisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 存在主義／存在主义 (zh) (cúnzài zhǔyì), 存在主义 (zh) (cúnzàizhǔyì)

• Czech: existencialismus m
• Danish: eksistentialisme c
• Dutch: existentialisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: ekzistadismo
• Finnish: eksistentialismi (fi)
• French: existentialisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ეგზისტენციალიზმი (ka) (egzisṭencializmi)
• German: Existentialismus (de) m
• Greek: υπαρξισμός (el) m (yparxismós)
• Icelandic: tilvistarstefna
• Irish: eiseachas m
• Italian: esistenzialismo (it) m
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• Japanese: 実存主義 (jitsuzonshugi)
• Korean: 실존주의 (siljonjuui)
• Latvian: eksistenciālisms m
• Lithuanian: egzistencializmas (lt) m
• Macedonian: егзистенцијали́зам m (egzistencijalízam)
• Malay: faham kewujudan, eksistensialisme
• Persian: هستی‌گرایی (hasti-gerâyi), اگزیستانسیالیسم (fa) (egzistânsiâlism)
• Polish: egzystencjalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: existencialismo (pt) m
• Russian: экзистенциали́зм (ru) m (ekzistencialízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: egzistencijalìzam (sh) m
• Slovak: existencializmus
• Spanish: existencialismo (es) m
• Swedish: existentialism (sv) c
• Thai: อัตถิภาวนิยม (àt-tì-paa-wá-ní-yom)
• Turkish: varoluşçuluk (tr)
• Ukrainian: екзистенціалізм m (ekzystencializm)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: dirfodaeth f

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Swedish

Noun

existentialism c

1. (philosophy) existentialism

Declension

Declension of existentialism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	existentialism	existentialismen	—	—
Genitive	existentialisms	existentialismens	—	—