Definition of EXISTENTIALIST

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

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Kimberley French/Twentieth Century Fox In his 1944 play No Exit, the French existentialist thinker Jean-Paul Sartre trapped three strangers together in a drawing room and called it hell. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Bad Times at the El Royale turns a once-glamorous hotel into purgatory, with mixed results," 3 Oct. 2018 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 The Warriors had created a league of existentialists. — Ben Cohen, WSJ, "The Golden State Warriors Have Made the NBA Better," 27 May 2018 What: In Good Company presents Jean Genet's classic existentialist drama about a pair of housemaids fantasizing about to killing their employer. — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, "Intense production makes rare staging of Genet's 'The Maids' a standout," 1 June 2018 These difficult thoughts, most dramatically of death, have for Mr. Marino and his existentialists a galvanizing force. — John Kaag, WSJ, "‘The Existentialist’s Survival Guide’ Review: Choose Your Own Adventure," 10 May 2018 His philosophy has been adopted by Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, Muslims, everyone from New Age thinkers to existentialists like Jean Paul Sartre, folks at odds with one another but sharing an attraction to his cosmic vision. — John Timpane, Philly.com, "'Dangerous Mystic': A true, gripping tale of a man's perilous search for God," 6 Apr. 2018 No Exit Real Art Daily Productions stages Sartre's existentialist fable about three strangers locked in a room together for all eternity. — Matt Cooper, latimes.com, "The week ahead in L.A. theater, March 11-18: 'An Undivided Heart,' 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music' and more," 11 Mar. 2018 Bakewell’s history, one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2016, serves as a collective biography of a half-dozen preeminent existentialist philosophers, including Heidegger, Sartre and de Beauvoir. — Joumana Khatib, New York Times, "Paperback Row," 1 Sep. 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

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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