existentialism

== English == === Etymology === From existential + -ism (suffix forming the names of schools of thought, systems, or theories), modelled after German Existentialismus. The word was popularized by the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) in his work L’existentialisme est un humanisme (Existentialism is a Humanism, 1946). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃlɪz(ə)m/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛɡzəˈstɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/, /ˌɛk-/ Rhymes: -ɛnʃəlɪzəm Hyphenation: ex‧ist‧ent‧i‧al‧i‧sm === Noun === existentialism (countable and uncountable, plural existentialisms) (philosophy) (uncountable) A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices; also (generally), a philosophy which emphasizes existence over essence. Antonym: noumenalism (countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement. (uncountable, historical) Synonym of structuralism (“a school of thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events”). ==== Derived terms ==== resistentialism ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === existentialism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French existentialisme. === Noun === existentialism c (philosophy) existentialism Synonym: existentialfilosofi ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== existens existera existentialist existentialistisk existentiell