'Existential' definitions:
Definition of 'existential'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey [syn: experiential, existential]
adjective
Of or as conceived by existentialism; "an existential moment of choice"
adjective
Relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
Definition of 'Existential'
From: GCIDE
- Existential \Ex`is*ten"tial\, a.
- 1. Having existence. [Archaic] --Bp. Barlow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. of or pertaining to, or having the character of, existentialism. [PJC]
- 3. (Logic) specifying actual existence, rather than only possibility; as, the existential operator. [PJC] --{Ex`is*ten"tial*ly}, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. --Colerige. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'existential'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animist,
- animistic,
- atomistic,
- cosmotheistic,
- Cyrenaic,
- eclectic,
- Eleatic,
- empirical,
- Epicurean,
- eudaemonistic,
- hedonic,
- hedonist,
- hedonistic,
- humanist,
- humanistic,
- idealistic,
- instrumentalist,
- materialistic,
- mechanistic,
- Megarian,
- metaphysical,
- monistic,
- naturalistic,
- nominalist,
- panlogistical,
- pantheistic,
- positivist,
- positivistic,
- pragmatic,
- pragmatist,
- rationalistic,
- realist,
- realistic,
- scholastic,
- sensationalistic,
- Stoic,
- syncretistic,
- theistic,
- transcendentalist,
- transcendentalistic,
- utilitarian,
- vitalistic,
- voluntarist,
- voluntaristic