Self-existent
//ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Existing without having been created.
- 2 Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From self- + existent.
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