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Definition of existential adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

existential

adjective
 
/ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃl/
 
/ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃl/
[only before noun]
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  1. (formal) connected with human existence
  2. (philosophy) connected with the theory of existentialism
    3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from late Latin existentialis, from existentia, from Latin exsistere ‘come into being’, from ex- ‘out’ + sistere ‘take a stand’.
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