I. -_lə̇st noun
( -s )
1. : a proponent or adherent of philosophical existentialism
2. : a writer who develops or emphasizes in literary form the principles of existentialism
II. | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : dealing with, subscribing to, or based on existential philosophy
existentialist thought
existentialist terminology
existentialist writers
2. : of, relating to, or involving existentialism or existentialists : existential
an existentialist question
the existentialist character of his ideas
an existentialist group
• ex·is·ten·tial·is·tic | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷chə|listik adjective
• ex·is·ten·tial·is·ti·cal·ly -tə̇k(ə)lē adverb