existentialism
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1. (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)
| hypernym | : | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory, |
| definition | : | a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | philosophy, |
| definition | : | the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | depersonalisation, depersonalization, |
| definition | : | (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | existential philosopher, existentialist, existentialist philosopher, |
| definition | : | a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | existential philosopher, existentialist, existentialist philosopher, |
| definition | : | a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable (noun.person) |
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