Meanings
plural existentialists
- A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
comparative more existentialist · superlative most existentialist
- Of or pertaining to existentialism.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchexistentialiste
- Englishexistentialist
From French existentialiste, equivalent to existential + -ist.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan existencialista, existencialista
- existencialistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- existencialistaof or pertaining to existentialism
Chinese Mandarin 存在主義者 /存在主义者
- 存在主義者 /存在主义者 (cúnzài zhǔyì zhě)a person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Czech existencialista, existencialistický
- existencialistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- existencialistickýof or pertaining to existentialism
Danish eksistentialist
- eksistentialista person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Finnish eksistentialisti
- eksistentialistia person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
French existentialiste
- existentialistea person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
German Existentialist
- Existentialista person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Hungarian egzisztencialista
- egzisztencialistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Icelandic tilvistarsinni
- tilvistarsinnia person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Italian esistenzialista
- esistenzialistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Japanese 実存主義者
- 実存主義者 (jitsuzonshugisha)a person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Korean 실존주의자
- 실존주의자 (siljonjuuija)a person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Latvian eksistenciālists, eksistenciāliste
- eksistenciālistsa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- eksistenciālistea person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- eksistenciālistisksof or pertaining to existentialism
Polish egzystencjalista, egzystencjalistka
- egzystencjalistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- egzystencjalistkaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- egzystencjalistycznyof or pertaining to existentialism
Portuguese existencialista, existencialista
- existencialistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- existencialistaof or pertaining to existentialism
Romanian existențialist
- existențialista person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Russian экзистенциали́ст
- экзистенциали́ст (ekzistencialíst)a person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Slovak existencialista
- existencialistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Spanish existencialista, existencialista
- existencialistaa person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
- existencialistaof or pertaining to existentialism
Turkish egzistansiyalist
- egzistansiyalista person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism
Cite this entry
existentialist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/existentialist
“existentialist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/existentialist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “existentialist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/existentialist.
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