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self-existent

[ self-ig-zis-tuhnt, self- ]

adjective

  1. existing independently of any cause, as God.
  2. having an independent existence.


self-existent

adjective

  1. philosophy existing independently of any other being or cause
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌself-exˈistence, noun
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Other Words From

  • self-ex·istence noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-existent1

First recorded in 1695–1705
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Example Sentences

The king will be the great Unseen and Eternal, the self-existent and self-created Being who rules heaven’s armies and earth’s inhabitants.

Brahma, the first person in the Hindoo Triad, was the original self-existent being, inappreciable by sense, who commenced the work of creation by creating the waters with a thought, as described in the Institutes of Manu.

This Supreme Being is alone the Self-existent One, and what are called the properties and modes of inert matter are but the proofs and manifestations of his eternal power and Godhead.

Why, then, should we be expected to explain where and how and when God came into existence, or how he could have had an eternal existence or be self-existent?

The lectures are by Professor Flint, who asks: “Have we sufficient evidence for thinking that there is a self-existent, eternal being, infinite in power and wisdom, and perfect in holiness and goodness, the Maker of heaven and earth?”

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