[Jamestown1630]

I doubt that any of the people spouting the word ‘existential’ even know what it means, or have read any of the Existential ‘philosophers’.

[precisionshootist]

"I doubt that any of the people spouting the word ‘existential’ even know what it means, or have read any of the Existential ‘philosophers’."

Jean Paul Sartre

I agree. Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.

[skepsel]

I don’t think the current overuse of “existential” as in existential threat has anything to do with Existentialism.