existentialist
noun [ C ] social science specialized uk/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪst/ us/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪst/
存在主义者
a person who believes in a philosophy (= system of ideas) according to which the world has no meaning and each person is alone and completely responsible for his or her own actions
He's a pessimistic existentialist. 他是个悲观的存在主义者。
The existentialists have something to tell us about taking charge of our own future. 存在主义者能够告诉我们如何掌控我们自己的未来。
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- She lived among the existentialists of post-war Paris.
- He considered Nietzsche to be an early existentialist.
- The new economy calls for strategies created by existentialists who understand freedom.
existentialist
adj social science specialized uk/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪst/ us/ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪst/
存在主义的
relating to existentialism, a philosophy (= system of ideas) according to which the world has no meaning and each person is alone and completely responsible for his or her own actions
the existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard 存在主义哲学家索伦·克尔凯郭尔
existentialist questions about the meaning of life 关于生命意义的存在主义问题
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- He was a fan of the existentialist writer Albert Camus.
- When I finished college I went into an existentialist crisis.
- The play is an illustration of the existentialist tenet that action is the key human reality.