Existential
Existential adjective - Based on observation or experience.
Usage example: child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim believed that fairy tales help children cope with their existential anxieties and dilemmas
Hard and existential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Existential".
Hard
Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Existential and hard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Existential" instead an adjective "Hard".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Genre Shift: The movie begins as a fairly hard sci-fi, No Antagonist movie where the biggest threat was the existential dread the crew had on their mission to reignite the sun, to a Slasher Movie where they get killed one-by-one by an Implacable Man.
Source: Film / Sunshine
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