underived

[ uhn-di-rahyvd ]

adjective

1. not derived; fundamental, as an axiom or postulate; immediate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of underived¹

First recorded in 1620–30; un- ¹ + derived ( def )

Example Sentences

Consciousness is, first, immediate consciousness, and its reference to the object accordingly the simple and underived certainty of it.

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The old kindliness must be transplanted to a fresh soil if it were to blossom into a life self-sufficient and underived.

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In the first place, a large number of rocks may be described as original or underived, for it is not possible to trace them back to any earlier source.

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The youth is seeking for himself a purely human merit, indigenous and underived.

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Empedocles had believed in four ultimate and underived kinds of matter.

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