Other Words from existentialist

Adjective

existentialistic \ ˌeg-(ˌ)zi-ˌsten(t)-shə-ˈli-stik

\ adjective

existentialistically \ ˌeg-(ˌ)zi-ˌsten(t)-shə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

Examples of existentialist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Ian Olasov, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College and Medgar Evers College and author of Ask a Philosopher, says it’s easy to understand the connection between fashion and existentialist messaging. — Laura Pitcher, refinery29.com, "In 2020 Fashion Became Existential — Here’s Why That’s A Good Thing," 31 Dec. 2020 This is the film in which the existentialist romance is most explicitly linked to the historical moment. — Lidija Haas, The New Republic, "Wong Kar-wai’s Masterpieces of Political Uncertainty," 2 Dec. 2020 Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian is an advice column by a mashup of the nineteenth-century existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the reality star and fashion maven Kim Kardashian West. — Kim Kierkegaardashian, The New Yorker, "Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian: Domestic Jungle Is Where the Heart Is," 20 Oct. 2020 Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian is an advice column by a mashup of the nineteenth-century existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the reality star and fashion maven Kim Kardashian West. — Kim Kierkegaardashian, The New Yorker, "Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian: Domestic Jungle Is Where the Heart Is," 20 Oct. 2020 Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian is an advice column by a mashup of the nineteenth-century existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the reality star and fashion maven Kim Kardashian West. — Kim Kierkegaardashian, The New Yorker, "Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian: Domestic Jungle Is Where the Heart Is," 20 Oct. 2020 Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian is an advice column by a mashup of the nineteenth-century existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the reality star and fashion maven Kim Kardashian West. — Kim Kierkegaardashian, The New Yorker, "Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian: Domestic Jungle Is Where the Heart Is," 20 Oct. 2020 Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian is an advice column by a mashup of the nineteenth-century existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the reality star and fashion maven Kim Kardashian West. — Kim Kierkegaardashian, The New Yorker, "Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian: Gulfstreaming the Emotional Distance," 18 Sep. 2020 Juliette Greco, a French singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to existentialist philosophers of the country’s post-War period, has died, French media said Wednesday. — Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, "Juliette Greco, French cultural icon who inspired Beatles' song 'Michelle,' dies at 93," 24 Sep. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Singer and turtleneck icon Juliette Gréco in 1946 co-founded the Paris club Le Tabou, which became famous for existentialist philosophy and jazz. — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, "The woke shopper’s one-item Zen gift guide," 23 Nov. 2019 Morality, and its absence, is the novel’s defining theme: in this sense, Sagan is far more of a classicist than others of her existentialist brethren, such as Sartre and Camus. — Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker, "Françoise Sagan, the Great Interrogator of Morality," 21 Aug. 2019 Paris was producing existentialist literature, but London had Bacon, the artist of existentialist life, a reckless gambler and homosexual masochist. — Dominic Green, WSJ, "‘Modernists & Mavericks’ Review: Art That Felt Like Reality," 15 June 2018 And certain strands of her more recent work have a meditative, existentialist cast — a reminder of Ms. Piper’s initial hopes for the transcendent potential of abstraction. — Holland Cotter, New York Times, "Adrian Piper: The Thinking Canvas," 19 Apr. 2018

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