existentialex‧is‧ten‧tial /ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəl◂/ adjective [only before noun] formal - For Rosenberg, faced with the realities of the world, the canvas would become the site of an existential encounter.
- Suppose we begin with an existential hypothesis, without being able to point to any confirming evidence.
- The epistemological version involves an assumption that all significant existential claims can be translated into claims about potential knowledge.
- The same theory may take on quite different political, moral and even existential meanings according to particular circumstances of context and conjuncture.
- There is no need to deny the importance of existential affirmation as the locus of meaning in individual cases.
- We were definitely going for the existential crime-drama thing.
- William did not go West on an existential errand; the end of his journey was known.
nounexistence ≠ non-existenceexistentexistentialismexistentialistcoexistenceadjectiveexistent ≠ nonexistentexistingpre-existingexistentialexistentialistverbexistcoexist