different between existential vs existent

English

Etymology

Late Latin existentialis, from existentia.

Adjective

existential (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to existence.
2. Concerning the very existence of, especially with regard to extinction.
3. Based on experience; empirical.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:

     In recent books on logic, distinction is made between two orders of inquiry concerning anything. First, what is the nature of it? how did it come about? what is its constitution, origin, and history? And second, What is its importance, meaning, or significance, now that it is once here? The answer to the one question is given in an existential judgment or proposition. The answer to the other is a proposition of value, what the Germans call a Werthurtheil ...

4. (philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism.
5. (linguistics) Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence, e.g. "there is".

Antonyms

• non-phenomenal
• noumenal
• non-metaphysical

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

existential (plural existentials)

1. (linguistics) Ellipsis of existential clause
   • 2014, Silvia Luraghi, Tuomas Huumo, Partitive Cases and Related Categories, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG (?ISBN), page 153:

     We argue that existentials form a radial category, with a prototype and less canonical instances, where the prototype is clearly definable but the actual borderline between existentials and other clause types is fuzzy.

2. (programming) Ellipsis of existential type

   Coordinate term: generic

Further reading

• "existential" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 123.

References

English

Etymology

From Latin existens, from existere.

Adjective

existent (not comparable)

1. existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

Synonyms

• existing, extant; See also Thesaurus:existent

Antonyms

• nonexistent

Related terms

• exist
• existence
• existential

Translations

Noun

existent (plural existents)

1. (archaic) a being or entity that exists independently

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exist?ns.

Adjective

existent (masculine and feminine plural existents)

1. existent, existing

   Antonym: inexistent

Related terms

• existència
• existir

Further reading

• “existent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “existent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “existent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “existent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

existent

1. third-person plural present indicative of exister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exister

Latin

Verb

existent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of exist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French existant

Adjective

existent m or n (feminine singular existent?, masculine plural existen?i, feminine and neuter plural existente)

1. existent

Declension