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Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
His robotic counterpart, dressed all in black like the professor, did as good a job, if not better, of answering a key existentialist question on the meaning of robots.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
The contrast between the Vietnamese who humped through rice paddies documenting their own country’s existentialist struggle, and the foreigners who flew around on helicopters and were given US military ranks adds emotional depth and historical nuance.
—Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
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Noun
That’s a profound, existentialist point, so the only possible follow-up is snacks.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
His robotic counterpart, dressed all in black like the professor, did as good a job, if not better, of answering a key existentialist question on the meaning of robots.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
Adjective
This is the atheism of Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger and their existentialist descendants, which begins in precisely the place where scientific materialism leaves off, with the will of the subjective, conscious agent.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
The contrast between the Vietnamese who humped through rice paddies documenting their own country’s existentialist struggle, and the foreigners who flew around on helicopters and were given US military ranks adds emotional depth and historical nuance.
—Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Existentialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/existentialist. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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