EXISTENTIAL


Meaning of EXISTENTIAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ egzɪstenʃ(ə)l ]

1.

Existential means relating to human existence and experience. ( FORMAL )

Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

You use existential to describe fear, anxiety, and other feelings that are caused by thinking about human existence and death. ( FORMAL )

‘What if there’s nothing left at all?’ he cries, lost in some intense existential angst.

ADJ : ADJ n

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