English
resistentialism
Blend of resist or French résister + existentialism, coined by the British humorist Paul Jennings (1918–1989) in 1948.
A blend of résister + existentialism
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
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Latin exsistentia ‘existence’
Late Latin exsistentiālis ‘existential’
French existentiel ‘existential’
French existentialisme
English existentialism
The story
Blend of resist or French résister + existentialism, coined by the British humorist Paul Jennings (1918–1989) in 1948.
Today it means
noun The belief that some inanimate objects exhibit malice toward humans.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / resistentialism