unconditionedadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃnd/,

/ˌʌŋkənˈdɪʃnd/, U.S.

/ˌənkənˈdɪʃənd/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2.

1. Not subject to, or dependent upon, conditions or stipulations.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from conditions

purea1393

absolutec1475

unreserved1538

unconditioneda1631

unconditionable1642

unconditionate1642

inconditionate1654

respectlessa1660

unconditional1667

unconditionated1836

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 288 Thou must stay out that time,..and by no practice, no not so much as by a deliberate wish, or unconditioned prayer, seeke to be delivered of it.

1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 10 Therein it must needs be, as unconditioned, as Election is.

1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §54. 67 I speak of Non-Resistance, as an absolute unconditioned, unlimited Duty.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 301 With the choice only of submitting to his unconditioned mercy, or waiting the utmost severity of his resentment.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 491 Who thus pour forth Unmeasured, unconditioned, your divine Riches of works and words.

1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 477 They had grown used to ‘th' relief’, and regarded it as their unconditioned right.

a. Not dependent upon, or determined by, an antecedent condition.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from conditions > without antecedent condition

unconditioned1796

the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > [adjective] > not predetermined

unconditioned1846

1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 127 Reason..produces the idea of an unconditioned Limitation.

1829 Sir W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. 50 204 We are..inspired with a belief in the existence of something unconditioned beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality.

1846 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. IV. 205 An entirely unconditioned Thought.

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. iii. §15. 50 If Space and Time are the conditions under which we think, then when we think of Space and Time themselves, our thoughts must be unconditioned.

b. unconditioned reflex, an inborn, instinctual reflex or reflex action (cf. conditioned adj. 7b). So unconditioned stimulus.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > study of reflex actions > [noun] > type of reflex

conditioned reflex1906

unconditioned reflex1906

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > [adjective] > not conditioned

naive1906

unconditioned reflex1906

the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > reflex action > type of

ankle jerk1882

spinal reflex1898

research knee-jerk1899

Hoffmann('s) reflex1900

unconditioned reflex1906

startle reflex1917

startle response1933

1906 Nature 11 Oct. 592/1 The latter actions..are termed by Prof. Pawlow ‘conditioned reflexes’, to distinguish them from the ordinary or unconditioned reflexes.

1927 G. V. Anrep tr. I. P. Pavlov Conditioned Reflexes ii. 25 I have termed this new group of reflexes conditioned reflexes to distinguish them from the inborn or unconditioned reflexes.

1937 Discovery Jan. 17/2 Its instincts, or, to use Pavlov's expression, its unconditioned reflexes.

1972 New Yorker 26 Aug. 32/3 In the vocabulary that Pavlov adopted to describe his findings, the meat powder was labelled an ‘unconditioned stimulus’.

3. absol. That which is not subject to the conditions of finite existence and cognition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun] > infinity or that which is infinite

infinity1377

infinite1587

infinitive1595

incomprehensibility1610

immensitya1631

infinitude1667

infinitum1682

unmeasured1812

endlessness1820

unconditioned1829

illimitable1884

out and out1890

boundless1909

1829 Sir W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. 50 198 The first of these ideas..is variously expressed, under the terms unity, identity, substance, absolute cause, the infinite, pure thought, &c.; we would briefly call it the unconditioned.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxviii. 373 The Conditioned is that which is alone conceivable or cogitable; the Unconditioned, that which is inconceivable or incogitable.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant Introd. iii. 45 The form of time, in which we always find condition beyond condition, cause beyond cause, and never reach the unconditioned, the causa sui.

Derivatives

unconˈditionedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > [noun]

freedomeOE

free will1340

arbitryc1374

advisementa1398

freedom of will?c1400

liberty?c1400

wilfulnessc1460

liberal arbitre?1483

contingencec1530

indifferencya1555

contingency1561

freedom of thought1591

self-willingness1591

volunt1611

voluntariness1643

uncommandedness1646

autexousy1678

volency1686

inconditionality1696

unconditionalitya1714

indifference1728

volition1738

vacancy1754

voluntarity1794

autonomy1803

unconditionalness1843

unconditionedness1854

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun]

endlessness1340

everbleving1340

infinityc1374

everlastingnessa1382

immensityc1450

infiniteness1534

infinition?1605

illimitation1610

immenseness1610

incomprehensibleness1611

incircumscriptibleness1615

boundlessnessa1619

indefinity1623

unlimitedness1631

unboundedness1640

infinitude1641

incomprehensibility1650

incircumscription1651

ever-beingness1674

extendlessnessa1676

indefinitudea1676

uncircumscribedness1679

interminability1681

interminableness1682

illimitedness1703

limitlessness1839

illimitability1841

illimitableness1845

uncircumscription1852

unconditionedness1854

unbeginningness1862

beginninglessness1865

ever-duringness1868

1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity iv. 54 The metaphysical attributes of eternity, unconditionedness,..and the like abstractions.

1860 J. Young Province Reason 47 Only through and on account of this undefinedness (unconditionedness) is Being Non-Being.

1903 Edinb. Rev. July 71 Nor is the test of this unconditionedness arbitrary.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unconditioned
释义	unconditionedadj. Brit. /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃnd/, /ˌʌŋkənˈdɪʃnd/, U.S. /ˌənkənˈdɪʃənd/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. 1. Not subject to, or dependent upon, conditions or stipulations. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from conditions purea1393 absolutec1475 unreserved1538 unconditioneda1631 unconditionable1642 unconditionate1642 inconditionate1654 respectlessa1660 unconditional1667 unconditionated1836 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 288 Thou must stay out that time,..and by no practice, no not so much as by a deliberate wish, or unconditioned prayer, seeke to be delivered of it. 1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 10 Therein it must needs be, as unconditioned, as Election is. 1712 G. Berkeley Passive Obed. §54. 67 I speak of Non-Resistance, as an absolute unconditioned, unlimited Duty. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 301 With the choice only of submitting to his unconditioned mercy, or waiting the utmost severity of his resentment. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 491 Who thus pour forth Unmeasured, unconditioned, your divine Riches of works and words. 1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 477 They had grown used to ‘th' relief’, and regarded it as their unconditioned right. 2. a. Not dependent upon, or determined by, an antecedent condition. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > free from conditions > without antecedent condition unconditioned1796 the mind > mental capacity > thought > product of thinking, thought > [adjective] > not predetermined unconditioned1846 1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 127 Reason..produces the idea of an unconditioned Limitation. 1829 Sir W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. 50 204 We are..inspired with a belief in the existence of something unconditioned beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality. 1846 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. IV. 205 An entirely unconditioned Thought. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. iii. §15. 50 If Space and Time are the conditions under which we think, then when we think of Space and Time themselves, our thoughts must be unconditioned. b. unconditioned reflex, an inborn, instinctual reflex or reflex action (cf. conditioned adj. 7b). So unconditioned stimulus. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > study of reflex actions > [noun] > type of reflex conditioned reflex1906 unconditioned reflex1906 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > [adjective] > not conditioned naive1906 unconditioned reflex1906 the world > life > biology > biological processes > action of nervous system > [noun] > reflex action > type of ankle jerk1882 spinal reflex1898 research knee-jerk1899 Hoffmann('s) reflex1900 unconditioned reflex1906 startle reflex1917 startle response1933 1906 Nature 11 Oct. 592/1 The latter actions..are termed by Prof. Pawlow ‘conditioned reflexes’, to distinguish them from the ordinary or unconditioned reflexes. 1927 G. V. Anrep tr. I. P. Pavlov Conditioned Reflexes ii. 25 I have termed this new group of reflexes conditioned reflexes to distinguish them from the inborn or unconditioned reflexes. 1937 Discovery Jan. 17/2 Its instincts, or, to use Pavlov's expression, its unconditioned reflexes. 1972 New Yorker 26 Aug. 32/3 In the vocabulary that Pavlov adopted to describe his findings, the meat powder was labelled an ‘unconditioned stimulus’. 3. absol. That which is not subject to the conditions of finite existence and cognition. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun] > infinity or that which is infinite infinity1377 infinite1587 infinitive1595 incomprehensibility1610 immensitya1631 infinitude1667 infinitum1682 unmeasured1812 endlessness1820 unconditioned1829 illimitable1884 out and out1890 boundless1909 1829 Sir W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. 50 198 The first of these ideas..is variously expressed, under the terms unity, identity, substance, absolute cause, the infinite, pure thought, &c.; we would briefly call it the unconditioned. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxviii. 373 The Conditioned is that which is alone conceivable or cogitable; the Unconditioned, that which is inconceivable or incogitable. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant Introd. iii. 45 The form of time, in which we always find condition beyond condition, cause beyond cause, and never reach the unconditioned, the causa sui. Derivatives unconˈditionedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [noun] freedomeOE free will1340 arbitryc1374 advisementa1398 freedom of will?c1400 liberty?c1400 wilfulnessc1460 liberal arbitre?1483 contingencec1530 indifferencya1555 contingency1561 freedom of thought1591 self-willingness1591 volunt1611 voluntariness1643 uncommandedness1646 autexousy1678 volency1686 inconditionality1696 unconditionalitya1714 indifference1728 volition1738 vacancy1754 voluntarity1794 autonomy1803 unconditionalness1843 unconditionedness1854 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun] endlessness1340 everbleving1340 infinityc1374 everlastingnessa1382 immensityc1450 infiniteness1534 infinition?1605 illimitation1610 immenseness1610 incomprehensibleness1611 incircumscriptibleness1615 boundlessnessa1619 indefinity1623 unlimitedness1631 unboundedness1640 infinitude1641 incomprehensibility1650 incircumscription1651 ever-beingness1674 extendlessnessa1676 indefinitudea1676 uncircumscribedness1679 interminability1681 interminableness1682 illimitedness1703 limitlessness1839 illimitability1841 illimitableness1845 uncircumscription1852 unconditionedness1854 unbeginningness1862 beginninglessness1865 ever-duringness1868 1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity iv. 54 The metaphysical attributes of eternity, unconditionedness,..and the like abstractions. 1860 J. Young Province Reason 47 Only through and on account of this undefinedness (unconditionedness) is Being Non-Being. 1903 Edinb. Rev. July 71 Nor is the test of this unconditionedness arbitrary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1631
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