existentialism
(noun)
noun
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
Definition categories: thought
Sentences with existentialism as a noun:
- The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
- Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.