existential

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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?

From The Wall Street Journal

Its meteoric rise since then demonstrates that missing timelines isn’t an existential threat for a Musk stock.

From Barron's

Despite the extent of the demonstrations, most of the experts who spoke to the BBC said they do not yet amount to an existential threat to the state.

From BBC

It’s more like an existential dilemma, both for our bewildered and benighted country and for the world.

From Salon