🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

अस्तित्ववाद

Pronunciation / Transliteration: astitvavaad

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Existentialism/ˌɛɡ.zɪˈstɛn.ʃə.lɪ.zəm/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"अस्तित्ववाद मानव स्वतंत्रता और जिम्मेदारी पर जोर देता है।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A philosophical approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

    "Her latest academic paper explores the core tenets of existentialism in post-war European literature."
  2. 2

    A 20th-century philosophical movement associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, stressing that humans are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves.

    "Existentialism challenges individuals to find authentic meaning in a universe devoid of inherent purpose."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French 'existentialisme', coined in the mid-20th century, which is based on the Latin 'existere' (to stand out, to exist). It gained widespread philosophical prominence through thinkers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to denote a philosophical inquiry that explores the problem of human existence and centers on the experience of thinking, feeling, and acting.

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