the theory that humans are free and responsible for their own actions in a world without meaning
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NAmE//ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪst//
noun Sartre was an existentialist. adjective existentialist theorySee existentialism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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