existentialism
exis·ten·tia·lism
noun
1.
(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
Origin
From existential + -ism (suffix forming the names of schools of thought, systems, or theories), modelled after German Existentialismus.
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