Word of the Week #8

1.     Word: Existentialism

2.     Found: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere "One game appeared to be charades reinterpreted by existentialists; another involved listening to rocks."

3.     Definition: a philosophical attitude associated especially with Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, and Sartre, and opposed torationalism and empiricism, that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agentresponsible for the authenticity of his or her choices.

4.     Part of Speech: Noun

5.     Sentence: The girl made it very difficult to discuss religion and politics among the group due to her strong belief in existentialism.  

Citation:Packer, Z. (2014). Debut Fiction: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. [online] The New Yorker. Availableat:http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2000/06/19/2000_06_19_156_TNY_LIBRY_000021114?currentPage=all [Accessed 18 Mar. 2014].