existential

English Thesaurus

1. derived from experience or the experience of existence (adj.all)

similar	:	empiric, empirical,
definition	:	derived from experiment and observation rather than theory (adj.all)

derivation	:	experience,
definition	:	the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities (noun.cognition)

2. relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence) (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	being, beingness, existence,
definition	:	the state or fact of existing (noun.state)

derivation	:	being, beingness, existence,
definition	:	the state or fact of existing (noun.state)

3. of or as conceived by existentialism (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	existential philosophy, existentialism, existentialist philosophy,
definition	:	(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves (noun.cognition)

4. derived from experience or the experience of existence (adj.all)

derivation	:	experience,
definition	:	the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities (noun.cognition)

5. relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence) (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	being, beingness, existence,
definition	:	the state or fact of existing (noun.state)

derivation	:	being, beingness, existence,
definition	:	the state or fact of existing (noun.state)

6. of or as conceived by existentialism (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	existential philosophy, existentialism, existentialist philosophy,
definition	:	(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves (noun.cognition)