Existential

Origin

from late Latin existentialis, from existentia

• 1693

Definitions

• 1: Of, relating to, or dealing with existence.
• 2: Based on experience; empirical.
• 3: Of or as conceived by existentialism or existentialists: an existential moment of choice.
• 4: Linguistics - Of or relating to a construction or part of a construction that indicates existence, as the words there is in the sentence There is a cat on the mat.

b: An existential word or construction.

• 5: Logic (of a proposition) affirming or implying the existence of a thing.

See also

• Existential Philosophy