EXISTENTIALISM: Its advocates were very much influenced by the horrors of World War II and therefore came to have a pessimistic view of life.
EKSISTENTSIALISM: Selle mõttevoolu propageerijaid mõjutasid väga tugevalt Teise maailmasõja kohutavad sündmused ning seepärast omandasid nad pessimistliku ellusuhtumise.