Existentialism

[egzɪ'stenʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)m] or [,ɛɡzɪ'stɛnʃəlɪzəm]

Definition

(noun.) (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves.

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