Having to do with existence. More specifically, one way it is used is to mean having to do with state of being as opposed to truth or knowledge. An "existentialist" is more concerned with how to "be" than with what is true. A good example is Albert Camus's "The Plague", in which the character determines that we can't know the meaning of life and suffering, but we should just do what we can.
I think your problem with God is an existential one, not a theological one. You You know all you need to know, you just don't live it.
by ACS49 June 25, 2008
Get the existential mug.A philosophy which emphasizes the significance of existence and those actions which enable one to experience their own existence, such as making decisions or feeling emotions.
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loneliness.
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loneliness.
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being physically exiled from where you go to school or where you live because of the poor decisions you made. This includes social banishing from your former group of friends, being forced to move to another state in the middle of nowhere. Social exiles usually get 'day passes' to return to temporarily return from their place of exile, and expect for their former friends to simply socialize with them just because they're back. Social exiles get extremely disappointed when they realize that life continues on without their presence and no one has really missed them.
Jenny from Gossip Girl is a social exile. She now lives in social oblivion. She occasionally got a day pass to return to New York and left the Upper East Side every time with her tail between her legs.
Claire fucked up her relationship with everyone she knew and she pissed her guardians off. She failed at committing suicide. Because she fucked up at life, she was socially exiled to Nowhere Arkansas, population 25. She was given a 'day pass' to return to Coolsville and was dissmayed when she realized that no one had forgotten nor forgave what she had done and that no one cared for her anymore .
Claire fucked up her relationship with everyone she knew and she pissed her guardians off. She failed at committing suicide. Because she fucked up at life, she was socially exiled to Nowhere Arkansas, population 25. She was given a 'day pass' to return to Coolsville and was dissmayed when she realized that no one had forgotten nor forgave what she had done and that no one cared for her anymore .
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Get the mexican exit mug.This is the wrong way to spell "existence". There is no "a" in existence -- or in definitely, for that matter.
The same people who spell this wrong also can't seem to grasp the difference between "your" and "you're" or "their" and "they're", something the rest of us mastered in third grade.
The same people who spell this wrong also can't seem to grasp the difference between "your" and "you're" or "their" and "they're", something the rest of us mastered in third grade.
"Your definately the most excellant guitarest in existance."
--a complete idiot
Maybe if you weren't functionally illiterate, you'd have a more "excellant" job.
--a complete idiot
Maybe if you weren't functionally illiterate, you'd have a more "excellant" job.
by Pick up a book, you moron July 12, 2006
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God's country. A region off the Trans-Canada highway in Nova Scotia. Although fronting a rural countryside, is home to hardcore gangstas that hold it down and get shit done; an exit of hardknocks.
(while out of Exit 20)
Resident #1 "Hey man when you heading back to Exit 20 for some beers?"
Resident #2 "I'm hittin' the 20 as soon as I can. I got business to deal with first."
Resident #1 "Hey man when you heading back to Exit 20 for some beers?"
Resident #2 "I'm hittin' the 20 as soon as I can. I got business to deal with first."
by BryanSparks December 21, 2007
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