How can one explain the concept of "existentialism"?
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Existentialism
//ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm//
Synonyms for "existentialism" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
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14 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وُجُودِيَّة noun (philosophical movement)
Armenian
1 entries- էքզիստենցիալիզմ noun (philosophical movement)
Bengali
1 entries- অস্তিত্ববাদ noun (philosophical movement)
Bulgarian
1 entries- екзистенциализъм noun (philosophical movement)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖြစ်တည်မှုပဓာနဝါဒ noun (philosophical movement)
Catalan
1 entries- existencialisme noun (philosophical movement)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 存在主義 /存在主义 noun (philosophical movement)
Czech
1 entries- existencialismus noun (philosophical movement)
Danish
1 entries- eksistentialisme noun (philosophical movement)
Dutch
1 entries- existentialisme noun (philosophical movement)
Esperanto
1 entries- ekzistadismo noun (philosophical movement)
Finnish
1 entries- eksistentialismi noun (philosophical movement)
French
1 entries- existentialisme noun (philosophical movement)
Galician
1 entries- existencialismo noun (philosophical movement)
Georgian
1 entries- ეგზისტენციალიზმი noun (philosophical movement)
German
1 entries- Existentialismus noun (philosophical movement)
Greek
1 entries- υπαρξισμός noun (philosophical movement)
Icelandic
1 entries- tilvistarstefna noun (philosophical movement)
Irish
1 entries- eiseachas noun (philosophical movement)
Italian
1 entries- esistenzialismo noun (philosophical movement)
Japanese
1 entries- 実存主義 noun (philosophical movement)
Kazakh
1 entries- экзистенциализм noun (philosophical movement)
Korean
1 entries- 실존주의 noun (philosophical movement)
Latvian
1 entries- eksistenciālisms noun (philosophical movement)
Lithuanian
1 entries- egzistencializmas noun (philosophical movement)
Macedonian
1 entries- егзистенцијали́зам noun (philosophical movement)
Malay
2 entries- eksistensialisme noun (philosophical movement)
- faham kewujudan noun (philosophical movement)
Malayalam
1 entries- അസ്തിത്വവാദം noun (philosophical movement)
Maltese
1 entries- eżistenzjaliżmu noun (philosophical movement)
Persian
2 entries- اگزیستانسیالیسم noun (philosophical movement)
- هستیگرایی noun (philosophical movement)
Polish
1 entries- egzystencjalizm noun (philosophical movement)
Portuguese
1 entries- existencialismo noun (philosophical movement)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਅਸਤਿਤਵਵਾਦ noun (philosophical movement)
Romanian
1 entries- existențialism noun (philosophical movement)
Russian
1 entries- экзистенциали́зм noun (philosophical movement)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- egzistencijalìzam noun (philosophical movement)
Slovak
1 entries- existencializmus noun (philosophical movement)
Spanish
1 entries- existencialismo noun (philosophical movement)
Swedish
1 entries- existentialism noun (philosophical movement)
Thai
1 entries- อัตถิภาวนิยม noun (philosophical movement)
Turkish
2 entries- egzistansiyalizm noun (philosophical movement)
- varoluşçuluk noun (philosophical movement)
Ukrainian
1 entries- екзистенціалізм noun (philosophical movement)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chủ nghĩa hiện sinh noun (philosophical movement)
- thuyết hiện sinh noun (philosophical movement)
Welsh
1 entries- dirfodaeth noun (philosophical movement)
Sample sentences
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Some of Greene's views are influenced by high-minded modern philosophies including existentialism. But she is also grounded in the down-to-earth realities of New York City's schools, where she inspired the creation of the High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry in 2005.
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Existentialism is a humanism.
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Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher, born on 26 September 1889 in Messkirch, died on 26 May 1976. He is best known for his contributions to phenomenology and existentialism.
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