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What does existentialism mean?

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Noun
  1. (philosophy) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
  2. (philosophy) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
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As much as fascism, Nietzsche foreshadowed modernism, existentialism and postmodernism.
Even as the two Normans zing each other about their positions on existentialism and foreign policy, they contend on a baser, dirtier plane.
The foundational tenet of existentialism is that existence precedes essence.
Most of the words spoken seem like an abstract treatise on existentialism and determinism.
He read deeply on the subject of existentialism, having long conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre.
This is the version of existentialism attributable to Martin Heidegger and Jean Paul-Sartre.

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