Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 7 compound words that contain existential. The most common are listed below. Open existential in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- existential quantifierThe operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for at least one member of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "there exists" and "there is".
- existential crisisA state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
- existential riskA risk which could destroy or permanently damage an entity; a risk to one's existence.
- existential typeIn a type system: a type that hides the underlying concrete type(s).
- existential crisesplural of existential crisis: A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
- existential risksplural of existential risk: A risk which could destroy or permanently damage an entity; a risk to one's existence.
- existential typesplural of existential type: In a type system: a type that hides the underlying concrete type(s).
- existential instantiationIn predicate logic, an inference rule of the form ∃x P(x) ⊢ P(c), where c is a new symbol (not part of the original domain of discourse, but which can stand for an element of it (as in Skolemization)).
- existential nihilismThe philosophical theory that life has no intrinsic meaning or value.
- existential quantifiersplural of existential quantifier: The operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for at least one member of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "there exists" and "there …
- existential instantiationsplural of existential instantiation: In predicate logic, an inference rule of the form ∃x P(x) ⊢ P(c), where c is a new symbol (not part of the original domain of discourse, but which can stand for an element of it (as in Skolemization)).
- singular existential statementA singular statement that states the existence of its subject.
- singular existential statementsplural of singular existential statement: A singular statement that states the existence of its subject.
Compound words 7
- existentialistA person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
- existentialisticExistentialist.
- existentializeTo make existential.
- nonexistentialNot existential.
- existentialismA 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices; also (generally), a philosophy which emphasizes existence over essence.
- existentialistsplural of existentialist: A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
- existentialismsplural of existentialism: A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices; also (generally), a philosophy which emphasizes existence over essence.