existential
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(also existentialist)存在主义的
relating to a philosophy (= system of ideas) according to which the world has no meaning and each person is alone and completely responsible for his or her own actions
an existential argument/philosopher 存在主义的论点/哲学家
a novel of existential dread 一部存在主义荒谬性的小说
See: existentialism
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- As a young artist not knowing how to define himself, he faced an existential crisis.
- There is no answer to that existential question.
- French philosophers even described what the footballer had done as being an existential act.
- The film could be described as an existential comedy.
- He said that, though a serious concern, terrorism shouldn’t be thought of as an existential threat.
- It's an exaggeration to say he poses an existential danger to democracy.