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单词 self-creative
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self-creativeadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfkrɪˈeɪtɪv/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkriˈeɪdɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, creative adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + creative adj. Compare earlier self-created adj., self-creating adj., self-creation n.
Capable of self-creation; self-creating.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming > self-creating
self-creating1650
self-making1686
self-creative1704
self-fashioning1829
1704 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed iii. 58 Unless we defeat his charitable Designs, by Impatience or Blasphemy, and by a strange self-creative Power turn his Blessings into Curses.
1768 P. Thicknesse Useful Hints Tour of France xxx. 262 There is a self-creative power in the water, which cannot be extinguished.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 12 Thy might is self-creative.
1898 J. R. Illingworth Divine Immanence i. 7 We are, in a measure, self-creative, causes of ourselves.
1941 Rotarian Dec. 34/2 A keen civic conscience is not self-creative or self-renewing. It is the product of constant effort.
1992 H. Collins Mutagenesis 249 Like the phoenix, we are self-creative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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