being-in-the-world
the inseparability of human existence from its environment
being-in-the-world in a sentence
“Being-in-the-world means we cannot be understood apart from our context.”
Origin of being-in-the-world
Translation of German In-der-Welt-sein (Heidegger)
Related Words
authenticity
living according to one's own values rather than conforming
angst
existential anxiety arising from awareness of freedom and mortality
absurdism
the conflict between human search for meaning and a meaningless universe
bad faith
self-deception about one's freedom and responsibility
thrownness
the condition of finding oneself already in a particular situation
lifeworld
the pre-reflective world of everyday lived experience