underived
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of underived
First recorded in 1620–30; un- 1 + derived ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Consciousness, on the other hand, which for Fortlage coincides with the ego or self, is treated as the presupposition of all representations, not as their result—it is underived activity.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
The youth is seeking for himself a purely human merit, indigenous and underived.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.
And finally from a first or from underived being?
From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by Wunsch, William F.
The opposite of monism is therefore pluralism, which is that kind of philosophy which seeks to explain the universe from many ultimate and equally underived principles.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
With the former, Buddha is intellectual essence, the efficient cause of all, and underived.
From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot
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