单词 | self-originated |
释义 | self-originatedadj. That exists or has come into existence without an external origin or source. In early use esp. with reference to God, or in contrast with creation by God: self-begotten. Later frequently of a feeling, thought, action, etc.: originating within or from oneself.Common in 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective] > originated by or originating in itself self-given1616 self-originated1653 self-original1668 self-originate1673 self-originatinga1693 self-origineda1711 own-rooted1915 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. viii. 23 It is impossible that there should be any more then one true God in the world; For if we did admit another beside him, this other must be also self-originated; and so neither of them would be God. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 29 Doth not al motion procede either from some prime Motor, or else from an innate and self-originated principe of motion? a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 47 in Wks. (1721) II. O Self-originated Might, Thou All-creating Infinite. 1787 W. Hawkins Disc. Script. Myst. Annot. 335 That fantastic heretic Valentinus, whose thirty Gods, or Æons, were the production or offspring of a self-originated Deity, whom he calls Bythus. 1832 Q. Reg. Aug. 39 He thinks..as an independent being, advancing by a self-originated and self-sustained energy of soul. 1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley ii. 27 Thoughts, self-originated, or immediately occasioned by reading. 1917 Irish Church Q. 10 118 We cannot consider the devil or man as self-originated and independent beings. 1976 Financial Times 4 Aug. 4/6 Only about 35 per cent. of the office's work results from Congressional requests. About 65 per cent. is self-originated. 2008 J. Quicke Inclusion & Psychol. Intervention in Schools i. 8 The more autonomous a person becomes, the more they are able to make use of what they know to create and achieve self-originated goals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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