self-existent

English

Etymology

self- +‎ existent

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt/

Adjective

self-existent (comparative more self-existent, superlative most self-existent)

  1. Existing without having been created.
  2. Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force.
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 89:
      Campbell exquisitely says, "'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view:" and let the heart be thankful from its inmost depths for that imaginative and self-existent faculty which first lends enchantment to the distance.

See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.