existential

Winning by default and counting on one’s enemy to self-sabotage is not a viable strategy in an existential struggle.

His early dramas from the 1960s — “Blood Knot,” “Hello and Goodbye” and “Boesman and Lena” — evoke the existential concerns of the Absurdist playwrights from the era.

Trudeau gave his final speech as prime minister on Sunday night, warning that Canada was facing an "existential challenge" from the US under Trump.

She called the tariffs on the US's biggest trading partner an "existential threat".

Rwanda has often denied backing the M23 rebel group, but has recently been more defensive, saying it has had to take measures to deal with the "existential threat" posed by genocidal militia near its borders.