derived
adjective
received, obtained, or arising from a particular source or in a particular way.
self-derived
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a word derived from
derived.
Example Sentences
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Forbid this child had an authentic, self-derived interest in science that hadn’t been formally assigned to her!
From Scientific American ● May 3, 2013
As its being is self-derived and original, it must be itself a substance.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace
The burning Bush and the Name of the Lord proclaimed the same great truth of self-derived, self-determined, timeless, undecaying Being.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
In the earlier work, as we saw, the theories were postulated first, and the actions were measured against those self-derived standards of right and wrong.
From Harriet Martineau by Florence Fenwick Miller
In no greatest genius are all its talents self-derived.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam by John Lord
