Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for existential

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

derived from experience or the experience of existence

Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

experiential

Same sentence, swapped: Formal logicians are not concerned with experiential matters.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for existential as it is used in the sentence above.

idealistic
pragmatic
materialistic

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

insensibleadjectivesenselessunresponsive to stimulationHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line learnedadjectiveeruditehaving or showing profound knowledgeHigh CampHas a reason line meatyadjectivesubstantivebeing on topic and prompting thoughtHigh Camp misinterpretverbmisunderstandinterpret in the wrong wayHigh CampHas a reason line prerequisitenounrequirementsomething that is required in advanceHigh CampHas a reason line principlenounrulea rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex systemTreeline probenouninvestigationan inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activitiesTreelineHas a reason line authorshipnounpaternitythe act of initiating a new idea or theory or writingHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line

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