self-originatingadj.
/ˌsɛlfəˈrɪdʒᵻneɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈrɪdʒəˌneɪdɪŋ/ Existing or having 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 usually of a feeling, thought, action, etc.: originating within or from oneself.
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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
a1693 T. Sharp Tanhumim (1700) xiii. 183 One that has Being so, as nothing else can;..not an arbitrary precarious Existence; but necessary, uncontroulable, self-originating, unalterable, unperishable.
1786 S. Green Serm. Var. Imp. Subj. xv. 260 The vast capacity of the human soul..which contains a self-originating principle of motion and determination.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. i. 140 To discriminate between the Son and His underived self-originating Father.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. ii. ii. 129 A personal, spontaneous, self-originating, and self-maintained surrender to evil influences.
1923 Mind 32 324 In the horse there is an impenetrable principle of self-originating activity and in the steam-engine there is not.
1997 Irish Times 3 Feb. 8/4 She..[urges] men to recognise that jealousy is self-originating rather than caused by a woman's behaviour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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