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existentialism

/ˌeɡzɪˈstenʃəlɪzəm/noun

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    a theory in philosophy which says that people are free and responsible for their own actions in a world that has no fixed meaning, and that they must create meaning for their own lives

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    • Jean-Paul Sartre is the best-known thinker of existentialism.
    • The novel explores themes of existentialism and freedom.
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Jean-Paul Sartre, a leading French existentialist, refused the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964.

प्रमुख French अस्तित्ववादी Jean-Paul Sartre ने 1964 में साहित्य का Nobel Prize लेने से इनकार कर दिया था।