underived
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of underived
First recorded in 1620–30; un- 1 + derived ( def. )
Example Sentences
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These things can grow up, autochthonous and underived, out of the soil of human nature anywhere, granting certain social conditions.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew
Dharma is material essence, the plastic cause, and underived, a co-equal biunity with Buddha; or else the plastic cause, as before, but dependent and derived from Buddha.
From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot
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)
The simple and underived character of the moral faculty is maintained because of the superior authority attached to what is natural, as opposed to what is merely conventional.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander
It has sincerity, dignity, and reserve, yet it is both deeply impassioned and enamoringly tender; and it is as absolutely personal, as underived, as was Tristan forty years ago.
From Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score by Gilman, Lawrence
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