existentialist (n)
existentialist philosopher (n)
existential philosopher (n)

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def a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
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Hypernym philosopher
Derivationally related form existentialist → existentialism
Instance Hyponym Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir; Camus, Albert Camus; Heidegger, Martin Heidegger; Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre
Incoming links
Derivationally related form existentialism → existentialist
Hyponym philosopher
Instance Hypernym Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir; Camus, Albert Camus; Heidegger, Martin Heidegger; Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre

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