Existential vs Personal - What's the difference?
existential | personal |
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".
Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
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, chapter=5, title= Done in person; without the intervention of another.
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Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
(label) Denoting a person.
An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
A movable; a chattel.
As an adjective existential
is of, or relating to existence.As a noun personal is
staff (employees of a business).existential
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Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* non-phenomenal * noumenal * non-metaphysicalDerived terms
* existentialism * existentialist * existential crisis * existential quantifierpersonal
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(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* personall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- This immediate and personal speaking of God Almighty to Abraham, Job and Moses,