Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
existential [eg-zi-sten-shuh l, ek-si-] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective pertaining to existence. of, relating to, or characteristic of existentialism: an existential hero. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of existential First recorded in 1685–95, existential is from the Late Latin word existentiālis relating to existing. See existence, -al1 Related formsex·is·ten·tial·ly, adverbnon·ex·is·ten·tial, adjectivenon·ex·is·ten·tial·ly, adverbun·ex·is·ten·tial, adjectiveun·ex·is·ten·tial·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for existentially Contemporary Examples of existentially
The other characters struggle, too, to varying material degrees, but all existentially.
The Daily Beast
November 20, 2010
Historical Examples of existentially
They exist only so long as they are apprehended; and they are numerically and existentially distinct in each individual mind.
A Commentary to Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’
Norman Kemp Smith
It is not easy to avoid the conclusion that Dewey conceives of ‘consciousness’ as a construct of existentially distinct terms.
Delton Thomas Howard
Light is really, physically, existentially, refracted into these forms.
John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
British Dictionary definitions for existentially existential adjective of or relating to existence, esp human existence philosophy pertaining to what exists, and is thus known by experience rather than reason; empirical as opposed to theoretical logic denoting or relating to a formula or proposition asserting the existence of at least one object fulfilling a given condition; containing an existential quantifier of or relating to existentialism noun logic
- an existential statement or formula
- short for existential quantifier
Derived Formsexistentially, adverb Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for existentially existential adj.
1690s, “pertaining to existence,” from Late Latin existentialis/exsistentialis, from existentia/exsistentia (see existence). As a term in logic, from 1819; in philosophy, from 1937, tracing back to the Danish works of Kierkegaard (see existentialism). Related: Existentially.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
