Sekirov Dictionary

existential

UK /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃl̩/US /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛn(t)ʃəl/

adjective 5
noun 2
forms 3

adjective5

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Of or relating to existence.
- Most of the subjects had terminal cancer, and several died within a year after the trial—but not before having a mental adventure that appeared to have eased the existential gloom of their last days. — 2014
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Concerning the very existence of something, especially with regard to evading extinction.
- Here, therefore, we seek to assemble and assess the evidence to provide an overview of how serious trade is as an existential threat to avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia. — 2015
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Of or relating to existentialism (“a philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices”).
- Some existential thinkers are concerned with artistic expression only indirectly, that is, they are passionately interested critics and analysts of art works. — 1967
Of an assertion, etc.: assuming or suggesting the existence of something.
Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence (for example, there is).

noun2

Ellipsis of existential clause (“a clause that indicates the existence of something”).
Ellipsis of existential type (“in a type system: a type that hides the underlying concrete type(s)”).

forms

existentials · more existential · most existential

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