existential

/ɛɡzɪstˈɛnʃə‍l/

/ˌɛɡˌzɪsˈtɛnʃəɫ/

existential

derived from experience or the experience of existence

regarding human's existence and its concerning matters

of or as conceived by existentialism

Examples

1. The threat to the NFL from this litigation was existential.

2. The stakes for the public in the case of Civil War were existential.

3. The threat is existential.

4. But no other animals have existential intelligence.