Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Existing by one's or its own virtue alone, independently of any other cause.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Existing of or by himself, independent of any other being or cause; -- .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Existing without having been
created . - adjective Existing
independent of anyextrinsic sustaining force .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word self-existent.
Examples
-
Alec was self-existent - the a singular line he did have he wasn't even upon shade for ... poor Cameron.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
-
This hand seemed a thing apart, self-existent, with no corporeal attachment, and it appeared and disappeared like an apparition as the thumb-pressure wavered on the switch.
CHAPTER IV 2010
-
Alec was self-existent - the a singular line he did have he wasn't even upon shade for ... poor Cameron.
SMat: New Moon aka CHRIS WEITZ OWNS MY LADY PARTS admin 2009
-
That, however, does not dispense with the problem of the ultimate ontological question of what is primary, self-existent.
Dawkins and ID 2008
-
Like I said. kornbelt888: That, however, does not dispense with the problem of the ultimate ontological question of what is primary, self-existent.
Dawkins and ID 2008
-
Of course, our self-centeredness, our distinctive attachment to the feeling of an independent, self-existent �I�, works fundamentally to inhibit our compassion.
-
Of course, our self-centeredness, our distinctive attachment to the feeling of an independent, self-existent �I�, works fundamentally to inhibit our compassion.
-
Did he also abandon the necessity of a self-existent thing of any kind?
Dawkins and ID 2008
-
Of course, our self-centeredness, our distinctive attachment to the feeling of an independent, self-existent �I�, works fundamentally to inhibit our compassion.
-
Of course, our self-centeredness, our distinctive attachment to the feeling of an independent, self-existent �I�, works fundamentally to inhibit our compassion.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.