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Synonyms for existential

Grammar : Adj
Spell : eg-zi-sten-shuh l, ek-si-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛg zɪˈstɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk sɪ-

Définition of existential

Origin :
  • 1690s, "pertaining to existence," from Late Latin existentialis/exsistentialis, from existentia/exsistentia (see existence). As a term in logic, from 1819; in philosophy, from 1937, tracing back to the Danish works of Kierkegaard (see existentialism). Related: Existentially.
  • adj pertaining to existence
Example sentences :
  • Modal, impersonal, existential judgments are all accounted for.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • They are too rigid, too "objective" in their own existential status.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • What God is in himself we cannot know, an existential Judgment we cannot form without going over to the metaphysicians.
  • Extract from : « Edward Caldwell Moore » by Edward Moore
  • The former, having isolated the primitive facts, suppose them to have a superior logical and existential value.
  • Extract from : « John Dewey's logical theory » by Delton Thomas Howard
  • It is obvious that individual responsibility is central to existential therapy.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • They lead to a feeling of existential frustration: a person's will to find meaning is blocked.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • Meinong insists upon an existential judgment, a judgment that the object valued is real, as essential to value.
  • Extract from : « Social Value » by B. M. Anderson
  • They are questions of the existential setting of certain logical distinctions and relations.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • This distinction of indication as existential and implication as conceptual or essential, I owe to Mr. Alfred Sidgwick.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • To be more precise, let us consider an existential, instead of an attributive, judgment.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson

Antonyms for existential

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