different between existentialism vs tablecloth

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

Alternative forms

• table cloth
• table-cloth

Etymology

From Middle English tabyllcloth, table cloth, tabylle clothe, a partial translation of earlier Middle English bord cloth, bordcloth (“tablecloth”), from Old English bordcl?þ, equivalent to table +? cloth.

Noun

tablecloth (plural tablecloths)

1. A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
   • 1893: Horatio Alger, Jr., Facing the World

     Just across the field stood a small house. In the yard the week's washing was hung out. Among the articles was a red tablecloth.

Derived terms

• tableclothy

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (t?burukurosu)

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