different between surrealism vs existentialism

English

Etymology

From French surréalisme; sur- +? realism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s???i?(.?)l.?z.?m/
• Hyphenation: sur?re?al?ism

Noun

surrealism (countable and uncountable, plural surrealisms)

1. An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

Related terms

• surreal
• surrealist

Translations

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