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existential

ex·is·ten·tial [ ègzi sténshəl, èksi sténshəl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. relating to human existence: concerned with or relating to existence, especially human existence

2. philosophy crucial in shaping individual destiny: in the context of existentialism, involved in or vital to the shaping of a person's self-chosen mode of existence and moral stance with respect to the rest of the world

3. logic asserting existence: governed by the existential quantifier and thus asserting the existence of something by saying that there is at least one object that possesses the properties specified



noun  (plural ex·is·ten·tials) 
Definition:
 
logic existential proposition: a proposition governed by the existential quantifier


ex·is·ten·tial·ly adverb
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