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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   basis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle no-plural

   "— the divine agony at opposition between the urgrund and physical nature, and the process —"

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"— the divine agony at opposition between the urgrund and physical nature, and the process —"

Etymology

From German Urgrund (“the very basis”, literally “original ground”), equivalent to ur- + ground.

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