existentialist philosopher

Definitions of existentialist philosopher
  1. noun
    a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
    synonyms: existential philosopher, existentialist
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    Simone de Beauvoir
    French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986)
    Albert Camus
    French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)
    Martin Heidegger
    German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (1889-1976)
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
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    philosopher
    a specialist in philosophy
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