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"exigency":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a state of affairs that makes urgent demands":[
"a leader must act in any sudden exigency"
],
": that which is required in a particular situation":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural exceptionally quick in responding to the exigencies of modern warfare \u2014 D. B. Ottaway"
],
": the quality or state of being exigent":[]
},
"examples":[
"the exigencies requiring snap decisions that traders on the stock exchange face every day",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The University has known since February that a financial exigency plan was forthcoming. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"The predicament illustrates the exigency of the deepening refugee crisis. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Taxes levied for a temporary exigency become perpetual obligations. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"This was reduced to $1.5 million at a time of exigency for the studio, and Mr. Friedkin recalls on the 2009 Blu-ray disc from Fox that the film finally cost $1.8 million. \u2014 Peter Cowie, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Her topsy-turvy life is a reminder, too, that if the personal is the political, the political is also the personal, driven by inconsistency and exigency . \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Barriers of language, culture, religion and even species would be dissolved in the exigency of a moment no one knew how long might last. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"The question to me has been colleges consolidating plus institutions declaring financial exigency , which is accredited higher education\u2019s version of bankruptcy. \u2014 Michael B. Horn, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"Vermont, America\u2019s second-whitest state (after Maine), has taken that exigency to heart. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-j\u0259n(t)-",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-j\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-j\u0259n-s\u0113, ik-\u02c8si-j\u0259n-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for exigency juncture , exigency , emergency , contingency , pinch , strait ( or straits ) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events. an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation. provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster. the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence. contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency . come through in a pinch strait , now commonly straits , applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult. in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference. a crisis of confidence",
"synonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195809",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exigent":{
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
],
"definitions":{
": requiring immediate aid or action":[
"exigent circumstances"
],
": requiring or calling for much : demanding":[
"an exigent client"
]
},
"examples":[
"started his workday with a flood of exigent matters that required his quick decision",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Police said exigent circumstances and the fact that the building appeared to be abandoned led them to enter without a warrant. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"Similar exigent circumstances are standard in other city and state policies. \u2014 NBC News , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The policy required that officers announce their presence prior to entry in all but exigent circumstances. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Anything less than that would \u2014 bar exigent circumstances \u2014 be a disappointment. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 24 Jan. 2022",
"This academic year, schools were instructed by the Legislature not to go online, with a requirement that at least four days a week be held in-person unless the four state leaders gave express permission in an exigent circumstance. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Jan. 2022",
"From 2009-16, Boston police never obtained a warrant, claiming exigent circumstances when using a cell site simulator, a practice the ACLU heavily criticized. \u2014 Shannon Dooling, ProPublica , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But from his vantage on the evanescent bridge to maturity, So is puzzling out some big questions, ones that might be exigent from different vantages at any age. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"And does the close call give ammunition to the exigent X-Factor calls for Sandy Brondello to be replaced"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin exigent-, exigens , present participle of exigere to demand \u2014 more at exact":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ek-s\u0259-j\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204002",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"exiguous":{
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"definitions":{
": excessively scanty : inadequate":[
"wrest an exiguous existence from the land",
"exiguous evidence"
]
},
"examples":[
"computer equipment that would be prohibitively expensive, given the rural school's exiguous resources",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Their taste is undeveloped or chronically exiguous . \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 2 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1630, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin exiguus , from exigere":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-gy\u0259-w\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072440",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"exile":{
"antonyms":[
"banish",
"deport",
"displace",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who is in exile":[],
": the state or a period of forced absence from one's country or home":[],
": the state or a period of voluntary absence from one's country or home":[],
": to banish or expel from one's own country or home":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"They hoped that his exile would be temporary.",
"Many chose to live as exiles rather than face persecution.",
"Verb",
"with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"He and his wife, 89-year-old Imelda, were also estimated to have embezzled up to $10 billion from state coffers until a popular uprising drove the family into exile in Hawaii, where the elder Marcos died in 1989. \u2014 Time , 10 May 2022",
"Marcos Jr was 29 when his family were chased into exile in Hawaii following a People Power revolution that toppled his father's regime in 1986. \u2014 Helen Regan, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"In 1983, opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated, precipitating the People Power Revolution that overthrew the Marcos regime in 1986 and forced them into exile in Hawaii. \u2014 Feliz Solomon, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
"Yemen\u2019s civil war started in 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital of Sanaa, forcing Mr. Hadi and his government into exile in Saudi Arabia. \u2014 Ahmed Al-haj And Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022",
"However, the Houthis, a religious movement turned rebel militia, allied with Saleh and seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, forcing Hadi and his government into exile in Saudi Arabia. \u2014 Ahmed Al-haj And Samy Magdy, ajc , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Octavian successfully pushed Lepidus into exile in 36 BCE, claiming the latter's provinces for himself. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Apr. 2022",
"During the postelection melee, Sviatlana had been detained and forced into exile in Lithuania. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Since going into exile in Los Angeles in 2000, Googoosh has made eight albums and toured the world. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Eventually, Edward caved and agreed to strip Piers of his title as earl of Cornwall and exile him. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"In a country where conservative politicians and voters loudly express their concern for Mr. Petro\u2019s leftist roots, some Colombians say that his victory may lead them to exile . \u2014 Juan Forero, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"But then this played out beautifully with him being sent to exile in Italy to live in his shame. \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"For his revolutionary poetry, Shevchenko was sentenced to exile as a private in the Russian army. \u2014 Sasha Dovzhyk, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"The losses of invaders are as nothing next to the sufferings of ordinary Ukrainians, destroyed in their homes or starved to death; forced, if spared, to trek hundreds of miles to exile with only a few handheld bags per family. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Charismatic and earnest, she was adored for her image as a Decembrist\u2019s wife \u2014 women who had given up their lives and followed their husbands to exile in Siberia. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Kramer fired him and Foreman, now blacklisted, fled to exile in England. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"As part of the deal, Diess was also able to exile a potential rival for the CEO spot. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English exil , from Anglo-French essil, exil , from Latin exilium , from exul, exsul an exile":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccz\u012bl",
"\u02c8eg-\u02ccz\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u012bl",
"\u02c8ek-\u02ccs\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for exile Verb banish , exile , deport , transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own. banished for seditious activities exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country. a writer who exiled himself for political reasons deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare. illegal aliens will be deported transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony. a convict who was transported to Australia",
"synonyms":[
"banishment",
"deportation",
"displacement",
"expatriation",
"expulsion",
"relegation"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231544",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"exist":{
"antonyms":[
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish",
"succumb"
],
"definitions":{
": to continue to be":[
"racism still exists in society"
],
": to have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limitations or conditions":[
"strange ideas existed in his mind"
],
": to have life or the functions of vitality":[
"we cannot exist without oxygen"
],
": to have real being whether material or spiritual":[
"did unicorns exist",
"the largest galaxy known to exist"
],
": to live at an inferior level or under adverse circumstances":[
"the hungry existing from day to day"
]
},
"examples":[
"She believes that ghosts really do exist .",
"It's the largest galaxy known to exist .",
"Does life exist on Mars",
"The Internet didn't exist then.",
"We shouldn't ignore the problems that exist in our own community.",
"Racism still exists in our society.",
"The organization may soon cease to exist if more funding isn't provided.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vaccines will be administered for free regardless of insurance status or immigration status \u2014according to the CDC\u2019s website \u2014 but some worry barriers still exist , particularly for disadvantaged children. \u2014 Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"From that strain came most of the plague bacteria that still exist today. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
"Some still exist ; however, investors are wrong to conflate small, non-scalable tech businesses with the large innovative platforms. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"In March, Walker questioned evolution during an address at a Georgia church, asking why apes still exist if humans have evolved from them. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Of that lot, it is estimated that only between 120 to 180 still exist today. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"The movement pushed the limits between the commercial and the artistic, tensions that still exist between the trade fair, with its commercial aims, and the myriad of collateral events where the focus is often more on artistic statements. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"My sister\u2019s bathroom is one of those midcentury ceramic tile relics, the kind that still exist throughout Los Angeles, hiding inside stucco box apartments and modest bungalows, in Spanish-style villas and Hollywood Regency mansions. \u2014 Krystal Chang, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"This concerto, never performed during Bart\u00f3k\u2019s life, is perhaps best appreciated by Bart\u00f3k mavens (if such people still exist ). \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French exister, borrowed from Latin existere, exsistere \"to come into view, appear, show oneself, come into being\" (Late Latin, \"to have real being, be, be present\"), from ex- ex- entry 1 + sistere \"to cause to stand, assume a standing position, place, check, halt\" \u2014 more at assist entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zist"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"be",
"breathe",
"live",
"subsist"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183953",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"existence":{
"antonyms":[
"inexistence",
"nonbeing",
"nonexistence",
"nothingness",
"unreality"
],
"definitions":{
": a particular being":[
"all the fair existences of heaven",
"\u2014 John Keats"
],
": actual or present occurrence":[
"existence of a state of war"
],
": being with respect to a limiting condition or under a particular aspect":[],
": reality as opposed to appearance":[],
": reality as presented in experience":[],
": sentient or living being : life":[],
": the manner of being that is common to every mode of being":[],
": the state or fact of having being especially independently of human consciousness and as contrasted with nonexistence":[
"the existence of other worlds"
],
": the totality of existent things":[]
},
"examples":[
"She began to doubt the existence of God.",
"the existence of UFO's is something that people continue to argue about",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or does the latter\u2019s existence \u2013 and championship frustration \u2013 justify the late October struggle of the former",
"Until now, The Chronicle\u2019s food section has never even acknowledged the existence of the machine, a tabletop appliance advertised as an easy way to fry foods with just a smidgen of oil. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"Tired of her flailing, failing L.A. existence , thirtysomething Allison decides to ditch it all for a bungalow of her own on the East Coast. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Last week, publisher Aspyr officially acknowledged the existence of a game-breaking glitch in the recent Switch port of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"Pauli\u2019s neutral particle was at last confirmed in 1956 in an experiment that proved its existence \u2014but not its size. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 15 June 2022",
"With all this, and the existence of the capsule Nina still at play, there\u2019s still so much to unpack in Volume 2. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 31 May 2022",
"That is, threats to disabled peoples\u2019 very existence \u2014 literally their lives, or more figuratively their whole way of living. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Some lawmakers are attempting to deny the rights\u2014and, with them, the very existence \u2014of trans people. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3d":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Middle French existence, existance, borrowed from Late Latin existentia, exsistentia, noun derivative of existent-, existens/exsistent-, exsistens \"having being, existent \"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-st\u0259n(t)s",
"ig-\u02c8zi-st\u0259ns"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"corporality",
"corporeality",
"reality",
"subsistence",
"thingness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045555",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"existency":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": existence":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin existentia, exsistentia":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234834",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"existent":{
"antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"definitions":{
": existing now : present":[
"existent methods of flood control"
],
": having being : existing":[]
},
"examples":[
"I think we should improve existent parks rather than create new ones.",
"to some people, angels are as existent as aardvarks or astronomers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In terms of political opposition, there are political parties that have successfully opposed the BJP at the state level in Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, but opposition is virtually non- existent at the national level. \u2014 Arundhati Roy, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"If there\u2019s one knock against Stroud\u2019s game, it\u2019s that his ability \u2014 and sometimes desire \u2014 to make plays with his legs is often non- existent . \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
"By and large, disabled people make very little money, if any; savings are virtually non- existent too. \u2014 Steven Aquino, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Last winter\u2019s flu season was virtually non- existent . \u2014 NBC News , 18 Feb. 2022",
"But beyond the Olympic paycheck, investment in women\u2019s hockey is virtually non- existent . \u2014 Glamour , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Don't leave home without Somewear Global Hotspot that provides dad (and the rest of the family) peace of mind for times when cell service is unreliable or non- existent . \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"More than half of her college years were dominated by COVID, with online classes, takeout meals, masked or non- existent social events. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"Our only real quibble is that instructions for some meals are unclear or non- existent , which required a bit of trial-and-error on our part to prepare. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin existent-, existens/exsistent-, exsistens, from present participle of Latin existere, exsistere \"to come into view, appear, show oneself, come into being\" (Late Latin, \"to have real being, be, be present\") \u2014 more at exist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ig-\u02c8zi-st\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184625",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"existential":{
"antonyms":[
"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical"
],
"definitions":{
": existentialist":[],
": grounded in existence or the experience of existence : empirical":[],
": having being in time and space":[],
": of, relating to, or affirming existence":[
"existential propositions"
]
},
"examples":[
"child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim believed that fairy tales help children cope with their existential anxieties and dilemmas",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For either company, adding another Goliath competitor to that list represents an existential threat. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 22 June 2022",
"Accordingly, restrainers do not consider China an existential threat. \u2014 Daniel Bessner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Until then, this existential threat to the PGA Tour is nothing more than golf\u2019s equivalent of spoiled frat boys cheating their way to a degree at what the smart kids consider their safety school. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"It\u2019s an existential threat to the PGA Tour, which for nearly a century has been the dream destination of millions of competitive players. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Still, Italy remains an existential threat for the euro in an environment of rising borrowing costs. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"To the dockworkers\u2019 union, automation is an existential threat. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Indeed, the convoluted plot operates on parallel tracks that only gradually begin to intersect, with giant prehistoric locusts sweeping across the land, creating an existential threat to the food chain. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The prime-time January 6 committee hearings that begin on Thursday\u2014the first of at least six, which will run until September\u2014are the Democrats\u2019 last, best chance to make the case that Republicans are an existential threat to American democracy. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 8 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Late Latin existenti\u0101lis, exsistenti\u0101lis, from existentia, exsistentia existence + Latin -\u0101lis -al entry 1 ; in the 19th and 20th centuries in part as translation of Danish existentiel (later eksistentiel ) & German existentiell":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)si-",
"\u02cceg-(\u02cc)zi-\u02c8sten(t)-sh\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"empirical",
"empiric",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"objective",
"observational"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061439",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"existential philosophy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": existentialism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125837",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"existentialism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a chiefly 20th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Herzog has always been attuned to the ways in which survivalism functions as a form of existentialism . \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"These extended from themes such as existentialism and Marxism to modernist techniques like streams of consciousness. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Employees in an environment of philosophical existentialism feel pride, value and loyalty. \u2014 Kelley Swing, Rolling Stone , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Movies about the future tend to come in one of two forms, aesthetically: Cold Apple Store (gleaming white surfaces, chilly existentialism ) or Unhinged Apocalypse (dust, chaos, primal fear). \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Existential, of course, is linked to existentialism , a focus of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55). \u2014 Peter Funt, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Didn\u2019t Allen learn anything about fidelity, faith, and existentialism from the great European films parodied in Rifkin\u2019s Festival",
"Chapters focus on major theories, such as utilitarianism, Kant\u2019s ethics of duty, Aristotle\u2019s virtue ethics and Sartre\u2019s existentialism . \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Like, for example, noir to me is a philosophy of disappointment, dissolution and existentialism . \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 15 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"existential + -ism , in part as translation of German Existentialismus (or Existenzialismus ) or French existentialisme":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)si-",
"\u02cceg-(\u02cc)zi-\u02c8sten(t)-sh\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190416",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"existentialist":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an adherent of existentialism":[],
": of or relating to existentialism or existentialists":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That\u2019s made evident yet again by Joachim Back\u2019s ambitious cinematic adaptation of Jonas Karlsson\u2019s acclaimed existentialist novel The Room, receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Famous French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre argued that without God, we are left with the decision to come up with our own moral theory. \u2014 Theodore Mcdarrah, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"To an existentialist , this should not come as a grand scoop or groundbreaking news. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The existentialist philosopher argued that the commandment offers a far more radical proposition, one that requires us to surrender our commitment to justice, fairness, and private property. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Although an extremely difficult commercial path lies ahead, this epic-length existentialist road movie should enjoy a strong festival run following its world premiere at Rotterdam. \u2014 Richard Kuipers, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Without spoiling too much, Lain\u2019s existentialist character arc and isolation echo much of Neo\u2019s, a vibe accentuated by the show\u2019s \u201990s alt-rock soundtrack and trippy, almost psychedelic take on cyberpunk imagery. \u2014 Eric Vilas-boas, Vulture , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The philanthropist Pat Buckly, actress Joan Collins, poets Keats and Shelley, and the existentialist Sartre are also part of the Libertine clan. \u2014 Vogue , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Barbara Stanwyck, a slinking powerhouse in the role), before instructing her in the work of existentialist Fredrich Nietzsche. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"To escape a conversation that\u2019s turning into a monologue on existentialist philosophy. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In existentialist philosophy, freedom entails a fundamental uncertainty and even anxiety. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Savio\u2019s politics, like Hayden\u2019s, were a kind of existentialist anti-politics. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2021",
"In this existentialist delight, whimsical and profound, the mundane gains new enlightenment. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Singer and turtleneck icon Juliette Gr\u00e9co in 1946 co-founded the Paris club Le Tabou, which became famous for existentialist philosophy and jazz. \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartzy , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Morality, and its absence, is the novel\u2019s defining theme: in this sense, Sagan is far more of a classicist than others of her existentialist brethren, such as Sartre and Camus. \u2014 Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Paris was producing existentialist literature, but London had Bacon, the artist of existentialist life, a reckless gambler and homosexual masochist. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 15 June 2018",
"And certain strands of her more recent work have a meditative, existentialist cast \u2014 a reminder of Ms. Piper\u2019s initial hopes for the transcendent potential of abstraction. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 19 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That\u2019s made evident yet again by Joachim Back\u2019s ambitious cinematic adaptation of Jonas Karlsson\u2019s acclaimed existentialist novel The Room, receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Famous French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre argued that without God, we are left with the decision to come up with our own moral theory. \u2014 Theodore Mcdarrah, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"To an existentialist , this should not come as a grand scoop or groundbreaking news. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The existentialist philosopher argued that the commandment offers a far more radical proposition, one that requires us to surrender our commitment to justice, fairness, and private property. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Although an extremely difficult commercial path lies ahead, this epic-length existentialist road movie should enjoy a strong festival run following its world premiere at Rotterdam. \u2014 Richard Kuipers, Variety , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Without spoiling too much, Lain\u2019s existentialist character arc and isolation echo much of Neo\u2019s, a vibe accentuated by the show\u2019s \u201990s alt-rock soundtrack and trippy, almost psychedelic take on cyberpunk imagery. \u2014 Eric Vilas-boas, Vulture , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The philanthropist Pat Buckly, actress Joan Collins, poets Keats and Shelley, and the existentialist Sartre are also part of the Libertine clan. \u2014 Vogue , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Barbara Stanwyck, a slinking powerhouse in the role), before instructing her in the work of existentialist Fredrich Nietzsche. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"To escape a conversation that\u2019s turning into a monologue on existentialist philosophy. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In existentialist philosophy, freedom entails a fundamental uncertainty and even anxiety. \u2014 Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Savio\u2019s politics, like Hayden\u2019s, were a kind of existentialist anti-politics. \u2014 Louis Menand, The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2021",
"In this existentialist delight, whimsical and profound, the mundane gains new enlightenment. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
"Singer and turtleneck icon Juliette Gr\u00e9co in 1946 co-founded the Paris club Le Tabou, which became famous for existentialist philosophy and jazz. \u2014 Ephrat Livni, Quartzy , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Morality, and its absence, is the novel\u2019s defining theme: in this sense, Sagan is far more of a classicist than others of her existentialist brethren, such as Sartre and Camus. \u2014 Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Paris was producing existentialist literature, but London had Bacon, the artist of existentialist life, a reckless gambler and homosexual masochist. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 15 June 2018",
"And certain strands of her more recent work have a meditative, existentialist cast \u2014 a reminder of Ms. Piper\u2019s initial hopes for the transcendent potential of abstraction. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 19 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vaccines will be administered for free regardless of insurance status or immigration status \u2014according to the CDC\u2019s website \u2014 but some worry barriers still exist , particularly for disadvantaged children. \u2014 Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"From that strain came most of the plague bacteria that still exist today. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 June 2022",
"Some still exist ; however, investors are wrong to conflate small, non-scalable tech businesses with the large innovative platforms. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"In March, Walker questioned evolution during an address at a Georgia church, asking why apes still exist if humans have evolved from them. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Of that lot, it is estimated that only between 120 to 180 still exist today. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"The movement pushed the limits between the commercial and the artistic, tensions that still exist between the trade fair, with its commercial aims, and the myriad of collateral events where the focus is often more on artistic statements. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"My sister\u2019s bathroom is one of those midcentury ceramic tile relics, the kind that still exist throughout Los Angeles, hiding inside stucco box apartments and modest bungalows, in Spanish-style villas and Hollywood Regency mansions. \u2014 Krystal Chang, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"This concerto, never performed during Bart\u00f3k\u2019s life, is perhaps best appreciated by Bart\u00f3k mavens (if such people still exist ). \u2014 Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When Fey left the long-running skit show to bring 30 Rock to television audiences, Richmond also made his exit to work with his wife on her new comedy. \u2014 Desiree Ossandon, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"In orchestrating its exit , USC has instead flipped the table over entirely. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"After his exit , Cardenas founded Sol Tribe, and set out to have a different kind of space, one that truly felt safe. \u2014 Marisa Kabas, Rolling Stone , 19 June 2022",
"The bottom line is that planning your exit strategy in your business will offer another layer of income that your company provides to you. \u2014 Melissa Houston, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has no exit strategy for the Ukraine war \u2013 and that is a problem for the West, President Joe Biden says. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"The coalition is a nonprofit and is not receiving city funding for its work on the exit strategy. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
"Was there an exit strategy, consistent with the goals of a conservatorship or was it being perpetuated for reasons that were inconsistent with Britney\u2019s stated desires and rights as a human",
"Local governments across the country will be learning from Shanghai\u2019s mistakes, and antiviral drugs will help cushion the blow of new outbreaks, but neither will address China\u2019s underlying issue: a distinct lack of an exit strategy. \u2014 Ruby Osman, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"First, the company was sold to AT&T, but massive debt and the telecom\u2019s decision to exit the media business resulted in another sale, with Discovery taking over the company this year. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"That followed the company\u2019s decision to exit its Russia operations including its joint ventures with energy giant Gazprom PJSC. \u2014 Jenny Strasburg, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"The massive profit comes despite the company having to write down $3.9 billion for its decision to exit operations in Russia following the invasion. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Companies could come under congressional pressure to exit Russia. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The veteran sportscaster, who has called a handful of SNF games in the past few years, had been widely expected to take the job following Al Michaels\u2019 decision to exit NBC after his contract expired. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The decision to exit the Nord Stream 2 investment comes days after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz effectively killed the project by suspending its certification. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Drivers who exit the road now pay $3.25 at the main toll plaza and $1.50 at a ramp. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The lack of a roadmap to exit from an approach that is increasingly challenged by the highly contagious Omicron variant has rattled investors and frustrated businesses. \u2014 Brenda Goh, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When Fey left the long-running skit show to bring 30 Rock to television audiences, Richmond also made his exit to work with his wife on her new comedy. \u2014 Desiree Ossandon, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"In orchestrating its exit , USC has instead flipped the table over entirely. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"After his exit , Cardenas founded Sol Tribe, and set out to have a different kind of space, one that truly felt safe. \u2014 Marisa Kabas, Rolling Stone , 19 June 2022",
"The bottom line is that planning your exit strategy in your business will offer another layer of income that your company provides to you. \u2014 Melissa Houston, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has no exit strategy for the Ukraine war \u2013 and that is a problem for the West, President Joe Biden says. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"The coalition is a nonprofit and is not receiving city funding for its work on the exit strategy. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
"Was there an exit strategy, consistent with the goals of a conservatorship or was it being perpetuated for reasons that were inconsistent with Britney\u2019s stated desires and rights as a human",
"Local governments across the country will be learning from Shanghai\u2019s mistakes, and antiviral drugs will help cushion the blow of new outbreaks, but neither will address China\u2019s underlying issue: a distinct lack of an exit strategy. \u2014 Ruby Osman, Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"First, the company was sold to AT&T, but massive debt and the telecom\u2019s decision to exit the media business resulted in another sale, with Discovery taking over the company this year. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"That followed the company\u2019s decision to exit its Russia operations including its joint ventures with energy giant Gazprom PJSC. \u2014 Jenny Strasburg, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"The massive profit comes despite the company having to write down $3.9 billion for its decision to exit operations in Russia following the invasion. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Companies could come under congressional pressure to exit Russia. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The veteran sportscaster, who has called a handful of SNF games in the past few years, had been widely expected to take the job following Al Michaels\u2019 decision to exit NBC after his contract expired. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The decision to exit the Nord Stream 2 investment comes days after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz effectively killed the project by suspending its certification. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Drivers who exit the road now pay $3.25 at the main toll plaza and $1.50 at a ramp. \u2014 Lori Aratani, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The lack of a roadmap to exit from an approach that is increasingly challenged by the highly contagious Omicron variant has rattled investors and frustrated businesses. \u2014 Brenda Goh, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022"
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"According to exit poll data collected by Focus Features, 48% of the opening-weekend crowd were older than 55, 87% were over the age of 30 and 73% were female. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"Biden was favored by 61% of Latino voters in Arizona in 2020, compared to 37% for Trump according to a CBS News exit poll . \u2014 Aaron Navarro, CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The Post-ABC poll finds that just over 8 in 10 nationally say parents should have at least some say in what their child\u2019s school teaches, a finding that is nearly identical to the exit poll results in Virginia. \u2014 Dan Balz, Scott Clement And Emily Guskin, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Nov. 2021",
"Indeed, voters in the 1994 midterm elections put crime as their most important issue in both preelection polling from CBS News and an exit poll conducted by Mitofsky International\u200b, which had also conducted exit polls for the major news networks. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 28 Jan. 2022",
"French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist La R\u00e9publique en Marche party suffered a brutal defeat in French regional elections on Sunday, according to an exit poll by Elabe. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 21 June 2021",
"Two-thirds of voters abstained Sunday, according to an exit poll by France\u2019s public broadcaster, up from half in 2015. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 June 2021",
"An exit poll for Albania's parliamentary election suggested that the ruling Socialist Party is in a tight race with the opposition Democratic Party. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2021",
"In terms of preliminary exit poll estimates among voter groups: The suburbs are a key battleground in Virginia, as elsewhere. \u2014 Gary Langer, ABC News , 2 Nov. 2021"
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