self-originationn.
/ˌsɛlfəˌrɪdʒᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˌrɪdʒəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ The fact of having come into existence without an external origin or source; the process of doing this; self-generation, self-creation. Frequently (esp. in early use) with reference to God, or in contrast with creation by God.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation > self-origination
self-origination1669
1669 C. Wolseley Unreasonablenesse Atheism 173 For whatsoever has Infiniteness and self-origination, must needs swallow up all Perfection into it self; or else no Being were capable of perfection.
1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. iv. 175 By Self-existence here I mean Self-origination.
1752 J. Foster Disc. Principal Branches of Nat. Relig. II. 355 Thine eternity, and self-origination, (astonishing and unfathomable attributes,) fill our souls with admiration and a solemn awe.
1849 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 22 237 The self-origination..of the incomparable language of Hellás.
a1866 J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) xi. 177 The view..that there can be nothing in it [sc. moral action] of free self-origination.
1902 Times 2 June 11/4 The disease was common to the whole world, and it appeared to be capable of self-origination.
2011 J. L. Roller 25 Bks. Every Christian should Read 2 The Epicurean idea that no thought or Mind was behind creation at all, that all things came about through some haphazard process of self-origination.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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