existentialist
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
Types & categories
- philosopher hypernym
- Beauvoir instance hyponym
- Camus instance hyponym
- Heidegger instance hyponym
- Sartre instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- existentialism derivation
Sense 2 adjective
relating to or involving existentialism
existentialist movement
Related & opposite
- existentialism pertains to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | existentialism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | philosopher |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Beauvoir |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Camus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Heidegger |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sartre |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | existentialism |