Aseity
//əˈsiː.ɪ.ti// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Usually ascribed to deity: the attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance. countable, uncountable
"He is Spiritual, for were He composed of physical parts, some other power would have to combine them into the total, and his aseity would thus be contradicted."
Example
More examples"He is Spiritual, for were He composed of physical parts, some other power would have to combine them into the total, and his aseity would thus be contradicted."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin aseitas (“state of being by itself”), from Classical Latin a se + -itas.
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