existentialism
noun [ U ]
social science
specialized uk
/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/ us
/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/Meaning of existentialism in English
(Definition of existentialism from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of existentialism
existentialism
The book closes with an obligatory look at how existentialism shows up in the more literate of the radicals of the 1960s.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Theoretical perspectives concerning positive aspects of caring for elderly persons with dementia: stress/adaptation and existentialism.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The relation of a theory of knowledge based on indwelling has connections also with existentialism.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
But what his critique omits is any consideration of the original philosophical target of deconstruction-as of the existentialism that so heavily influenced it.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Existentialism is a way of thinking that places being as the source of knowing.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Existentialism works best for the young seeking autonomy - who are looking forward to endless time.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Theorethical perspectives concerning positive aspects of caring for elderly persons with dementia : stress/adaptation and existentialism.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
This commitment to existentialism was shared by the student wing of the civil rights movement and helped to bring the two groups together.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The authors make ill-advised forays into existentialism, slightly off-the-wall therapeutic strategies for working with disturbed self-concepts and rather odd and idiosyncratic hypothesized structures for the self.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
It has largely been considered an individual project, because so many of those advocating certain pathways towards selfactualisation have been influenced by the radically individualistic ontology of existentialism.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
It is not logical positivism, it is existentialism in government.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
As such, one's ethical prime directives are "action", "freedom", and "decision", thus, existentialism opposes rationalism and positivism.
Coming of age tale touching on the raw emotions experienced during this time and the wider concepts of identity and existentialism.
Existentialism thus becomes part of the very ideology which it attacks, and its radicalism is illusory.
It lies close to philosophy of culture, but has focus more on existentialism and spiritualism.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Translations of existentialism
in French
in Turkish
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
existentialisme…
egzistansiyalizm, varoluşçuluk…
existentialisme…
existencionalismus…
eksistentialisme…
eksistensialisme…
อัตถิภาวนิยม, ความเชื่อที่ว่าผู้คนต้องรับผิดชอบการกระทำของตัวเอง…
thuyết hiện sinh…
egzystencjalizm…
existensialism…
eksistensialisme…
der Existenzialismus…
eksistensialisme…
екзистенціалізм…
