existentialist
noun
ex·is·ten·tial·ist
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Definition of existentialist
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: an adherent of existentialism
existentialist
adjectiveDefinition of existentialist (Entry 2 of 2)
: of or relating to existentialism or existentialists
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Other Words from existentialist
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existentialistic
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existentialistically
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Examples of existentialist in a Sentence
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But Bacon, a thoroughgoing existentialist, didn’t have a spiritual bone in his body. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, "Artist Hyman Bloom’s body of work is revered. And the bodies are cadavers.," 31 July 2019 An exhibition in Boston features delightfully unsettling works with a sci-fi existentialist downer vibe. — Peter Plagens, WSJ, "‘Huma Bhabha: They Live’ Review: Spooky Sci-Fi Sculpture," 6 Apr. 2019 Kimberley French/Twentieth Century Fox In his 1944 play No Exit, the French existentialist thinker Jean-Paul Sartre trapped three strangers together in a drawing room and called it hell. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Bad Times at the El Royale turns a once-glamorous hotel into purgatory, with mixed results," 3 Oct. 2018 Paris was producing existentialist literature, but London had Bacon, the artist of existentialist life, a reckless gambler and homosexual masochist. — Dominic Green, WSJ, "‘Modernists & Mavericks’ Review: Art That Felt Like Reality," 15 June 2018 The Warriors had created a league of existentialists. — Ben Cohen, WSJ, "The Golden State Warriors Have Made the NBA Better," 27 May 2018 What: In Good Company presents Jean Genet's classic existentialist drama about a pair of housemaids fantasizing about to killing their employer. — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, "Intense production makes rare staging of Genet's 'The Maids' a standout," 1 June 2018 These difficult thoughts, most dramatically of death, have for Mr. Marino and his existentialists a galvanizing force. — John Kaag, WSJ, "‘The Existentialist’s Survival Guide’ Review: Choose Your Own Adventure," 10 May 2018 His philosophy has been adopted by Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, Muslims, everyone from New Age thinkers to existentialists like Jean Paul Sartre, folks at odds with one another but sharing an attraction to his cosmic vision. — John Timpane, Philly.com, "'Dangerous Mystic': A true, gripping tale of a man's perilous search for God," 6 Apr. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Morality, and its absence, is the novel’s defining theme: in this sense, Sagan is far more of a classicist than others of her existentialist brethren, such as Sartre and Camus. — Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker, "Françoise Sagan, the Great Interrogator of Morality," 21 Aug. 2019 Paris was producing existentialist literature, but London had Bacon, the artist of existentialist life, a reckless gambler and homosexual masochist. — Dominic Green, WSJ, "‘Modernists & Mavericks’ Review: Art That Felt Like Reality," 15 June 2018 And certain strands of her more recent work have a meditative, existentialist cast — a reminder of Ms. Piper’s initial hopes for the transcendent potential of abstraction. — Holland Cotter, New York Times, "Adrian Piper: The Thinking Canvas," 19 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'existentialist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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