Existential vs Contingent - What's the difference?
existential | contingent |
Of, or relating to existence.
Based on experience; empirical.
(philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism.
(linguistics) That part of a sentence indicating existence e.g. "there is".
An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion;
a quota of troops.
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Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
(with upon ) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
Dependent on something that may or may not occur.
Not logically necessarily true or false.
As adjectives the difference between existential and contingent
is that existential is of, or relating to existence while contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.As a noun contingent is
an event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.existential
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(-)Antonyms
* non-phenomenal * noumenal * non-metaphysicalDerived terms
* existentialism * existentialist * existential crisis * existential quantifiercontingent
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Noun
(en noun)Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.
- a contingent estate