Underivative

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not derivative.

    "The ideas of substance and of the attributes are conceived through themselves, or immediately (intuitively) cognized; they are underivative, original, self-evident ideas."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not derivative or imitative wordnet

Synonyms

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original

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"The ideas of substance and of the attributes are conceived through themselves, or immediately (intuitively) cognized; they are underivative, original, self-evident ideas."

Etymology

From un- + derivative.

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