underivable
- a word derived from derive.
Example Sentences
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Life is one of the underivable and inexplicable fundamental functions of universal being.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
The non-living and the inorganic are also underivable as to their individual stages, and the leap from the inorganic to the organic is simply much greater than that from attraction in general to chemical affinity.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
All these are of a psychical nature, immaterial, and underivable from the material.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
On the other hand, both the above illustrations afford evidence of an unconscious perception of the facts, and prove the existence of a direct knowledge underivable from any sensual impression or from consciousness.
From Unconscious Memory by Butler, Samuel
In all vital processes we must reckon with a “physiological x,” which cannot be eliminated, which gives to life its unique and underivable character.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
