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adj
Of or relating to existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Antonyms: nonexistential
adj
Of or relating to existence.
Concerning the very existence of something, especially with regard to evading extinction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Antonyms: nonexistential
adj
Of or relating to existence.
Of an assertion, etc.: assuming or suggesting the existence of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Antonyms: nonexistential
adj
Of or relating to existentialism (“a philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Antonyms: nonmetaphysical, nonphenomenal, noumenal
adj
Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence (for example, there is).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Ellipsis of existential clause (“a clause that indicates the existence of something”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Ellipsis of existential type (“in a type system: a type that hides the underlying concrete type(s)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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adjective
relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
of or as conceived by existentialism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
derived from experience or the experience of existence- Benjamin Farrington- John Dewey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: experiential
Antonyms: none provided
History
The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin existentiālis, exsistentiālis (“coming into or relating to existence”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming nouns of verbal action). Existentiālis, exsistentiālis are derived from Late Latin existentia, exsistentia (“existence”) + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); and existentia, exsistentia from Latin existēns, exsistēns (“being, existing; appearing, emerging; becoming”) (the present active participle of existō, exsistō (“to be, exist; to appear, emerge; to become”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + sistō (“to cause to stand; to place, set; to halt, stop”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh2- (“to stand (up)”))) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Across languages
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