different between existentialism vs subjectivism

English

Etymology

From existential +? -ism; borrowed from German Existentialismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z??st?n??l?z?m/

Noun

existentialism (countable and uncountable, plural existentialisms)

1. (philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.

   The heyday of existentialism occurred in the mid-twentieth century.

2. (philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.

   Sartre's existentialism is atheistic, but the existentialism of Marcel is distinctly Christian.

   • 1965, Mikel Dufrenne, "Existentialism and Existentialisms," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol 26 no 1 (Sep), p. 51.

     Instead of Existentialism, we should speak of Existentialisms.

Antonyms

• noumenalism

Related terms

• exist
• existence
• existential
• existentialist

Translations

Swedish

Noun

existentialism c

1. (philosophy) existentialism

Declension

English

Etymology

subjective +? -ism

Noun

subjectivism (countable and uncountable, plural subjectivisms)

1. (metaphysics) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.
2. (epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition
3. (ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.

Antonyms

• objectivism

Derived terms

• antisubjectivism

Translations