underived
[uhn-di-rahyvd]
adjective
not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.
Origin of underived
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Related Words for underived
initial, authentic, archaic, primordial, basic, pristine, primeval, undeveloped, major, paramount, integral, crucial, indispensable, constitutional, elemental, theoretical, underlying, necessary, vital, significantExamples from the Web for underived
Historical Examples of underived
New forms of dead matter may be derived, but new living forms are underived.
EvolutionJoseph Le Conte
Empedocles had believed in four ultimate and underived kinds of matter.
A Critical History of Greek PhilosophyW. T. Stace
They are absolute and independent, underived and unoriginated—the essential qualities of my nature.
Sermons of Christmas EvansJoseph Cross
The old kindliness must be transplanted to a fresh soil if it were to blossom into a life self-sufficient and underived.
Second StringAnthony Hope
The mind, through its original and underived thinking, is itself the pattern (Urbild) of such a synthesis.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'Norman Kemp Smith