existential philosophy

1. 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

   Synonymsexistentialismexistentialist philosophy

   Broaderphilosophical doctrine

   philosophy

Questions about existential philosophy

What does existential philosophy mean?

existential philosophy means "(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves".

What is another word for existential philosophy?

Close synonyms include existentialism, existentialist philosophy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is existential philosophy a common word?

existential philosophy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.