esistenziale

existential

adjective eh-zees-ten-TSYAH-leh Rare

Origin: From Medieval Latin existentialis, relating to existence.

Usage Note

Esistenziale refers to matters of existence or the human condition: angoscia esistenziale ('existential anxiety'), crisi esistenziale ('existential crisis'). It is also used in philosophy to describe the existentialist tradition (filosofia esistenziale). The word does not inflect for gender: un problema esistenziale (m), una domanda esistenziale (f). The suffix -ale signals that it is an invariable-gender adjective.

Examples

"Sta attraversando una crisi esistenziale profonda."

Natural Translation

She is going through a deep existential crisis.

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