Existential and Speculative

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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

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Speculative is an antonym for existential in pertaining to existence topic.

Speculative adjective - Existing only as an assumption or speculation.

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Existential is an antonym for speculative.

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