existential
Example Sentences
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy first openly declared in 2023 that his nation's access to the sea was an existential matter, which Eritrea dismissed.
From BBC
You might excuse this complacency on the grounds that the elite are focusing on global, existential questions — issues such as war, extreme weather events, the breakdown of civil society and so forth.
From MarketWatch
The question roiling this southern African country is more existential: Are the animals personal pets, or furry policemen?
What began as a colonial rebellion against British rule, the authors argue, became an existential struggle for survival.
Either Americans have stumbled into a golden age of self-improvement beyond the wildest lectures of Emerson, or an entire civilization is undergoing an existential crisis.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
