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existential
This term carries a heavy, often somber weight, evoking the internal struggle of an individual facing the void of meaninglessness or the crushing weight of absolute freedom. It is most frequently encountered in philosophical discourse regarding the human condition, where it describes a state of profound psychological tension or crisis.
In modern political and environmental rhetoric, the word has shifted toward a more literal sense of survival. When describing a threat as existential, it implies a binary outcome: total annihilation or continued existence. This usage removes the word from the realm of personal introspection and places it into the realm of systemic risk and global catastrophe.
Meanings
Relating to existence, especially the human experience of being alive and the search for meaning.
The philosopher explored the existential dread associated with the awareness of mortality.
Examples
I woke up at 3 a.m. in the middle of an existential crisis.
Climate change poses an existential threat to coastal cities.
Why am I even here? This is such an existential question.
The company is facing an existential risk if the new product fails.
He spent his university years reading about existential philosophy.
He spent his university years reading about existential philosophy.
The android wondered if it possessed an existential soul.
We are discussing the existential dread of knowing our own mortality.
Nuclear war remains the ultimate existential danger to humanity.