Existential vs Nihilism - What's the difference?
existential | nihilism |
Of, or relating to existence.
Based on experience; empirical.
(philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism.
(linguistics) That part of a sentence indicating existence e.g. "there is".
(philosophy) A philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.
(ethics) The rejection of inherent or objective moral principles.
(politics) The rejection of non-rationalized or non-proven assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
(politics, historical) A Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.
Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.
The deliberate refusal of belief, to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.
In philosophy|lang=en terms the difference between existential and nihilism
is that existential is (philosophy) of, or relating to existentialism while nihilism is (philosophy) a philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.As an adjective existential
is of, or relating to existence.As a noun nihilism is
(philosophy) a philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.existential
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Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* non-phenomenal * noumenal * non-metaphysicalDerived terms
* existentialism * existentialist * existential crisis * existential quantifiernihilism
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Noun
- "...the band members sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism " (rock critic Dave Marsh, reviewing the band XTC's album Go )