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
Real and existential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Real" instead an adjective "Existential".
Real
Real adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.
Existential and real are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Existential" instead an adjective "Real".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Once he (apparently) succeeds at this, he goes through an existential crisis since the real Batman wouldn't kill anyone.
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Real Life Writes the Plot: The existential feel of "There's More To Life Than This" was inspired by a party Björk once attended, but promptly left.
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Kyle also briefly becomes one in the episode "Tooth Fairy Tats 2000," after suffering an existential crisis brought on by finding out the Tooth Fairy isn't real.
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