cause
noun
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect.
self-caused
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a word derived from
cause.
Example Sentences
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Is it conceivable the universe was self-caused rather than brought about by a transcendental creator?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022
Nay, she did not believe in its having any self-caused or God-caused existence.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
We have seen that inorganic matter, with what we call its molecular or atomic structure, cannot be reasonably regarded as self-caused; and we have concluded with Sir J.F.W.
From Creation and Its Records by Baden Henry Baden-Powell
The question is, can we suppose all this to go on, by self-caused laws and concurrence of circumstances, without a pre-existing design for the forms to reach or an external guidance in the processes?
From Creation and Its Records by Baden Henry Baden-Powell
Surely the Highest Himself must have more pain than any one else for the self-caused misery of men.
From The Gospel of the Hereafter by J. Paterson (John Paterson) Smyth
