existentialist
exis·ten·tia·list
noun
1.
a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
adjective
1.
relating to or involving existentialism
- “existentialist movement”
- “existentialist philosophy”
- “the existentialist character of his ideas”
Origin
From French existentialiste, equivalent to existential + -ist.
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