Speculative vs Existential - What's the difference?
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Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.
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*:"Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children cameand the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"
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, title= 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".
As adjectives the difference between speculative and existential
is that speculative is characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions while existential is of, or relating to existence.speculative
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Adjective
(en adjective)England 2-2 Switzerland, passage=Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half.}}