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/ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/ · ex.is.ten.tial.ism
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- A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices. The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.
- The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement. Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.
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Did you know? Existentialism has influenced various fields, including literature, art, and psychology, with notable figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger contributing to its development.