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existential

 
Dictionary: ex·is·ten·tial   (ĕg'zĭ-stĕn'shəl, ĕk'sĭ-) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or dealing with existence.
  2. Based on experience; empirical.
  3. Of or as conceived by existentialism or existentialists: an existential moment of choice.
  4. Linguistics. Of or relating to a construction or part of a construction that indicates existence, as the words there is in the sentence There is a cat on the mat.
n. Linguistics.

An existential word or construction.

existentially ex'is·ten'tial·ly adv.
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WordNet: existential
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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: derived from experience or the experience of existence
  Synonym: experiential

Meaning #2: of or as conceived by existentialism
  Pertains to noun: existentialism (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
  Pertains to noun: existence (meaning #1)


 
Translations: Existential
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - eksisterende, eksistentiel

Nederlands (Dutch)
existentieel (betreffende het bestaan), empirisch, bestaand, existentialistisch

Français (French)
adj. - existentiel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - existentiell

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ενυπόστατος, υπαρξιακός

Italiano (Italian)
esistenziale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - existencial

Русский (Russian)
экзистенциальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - existencial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - existentiell

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有关存在的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有關存在的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 존재에 관한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 存在に関する, 実存主義の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وجودي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הווייתי, קיומי‬


 
 
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