underived
[ uhn-di-rahyvd ]
adjective
not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.
Origin of underived
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How to use underived in a sentence
Swedenborg, for whom nature has no powers underived from spiritual sources, teaches that this vital power is the soul itself.
Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought | Horace FletcherIt affects to treat men as though their existence were underived, and independent of any Supreme Being.
A Defence of Virginia | Robert L. DabneyHe assumes the Nous and matter as existing from the beginning, side by side, as equally ultimate and underived principles.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy | W. T. StaceWith the former, Buddha is intellectual essence, the efficient cause of all, and underived.
The Religions of Japan | William Elliot GriffisNo, he is something underived and utterly unprecedented, unique, a new soul.
Fantasia of the Unconscious | D. H. Lawrence
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