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aseitous

/əˈsiː.ɪ.təs/

aseitous adjective: possessing the divine attribute of aseity.

Adjective

aseitous (not comparable)

  1. (metaphysics) Possessing the divine attribute of aseity.
    • Now we return to our other analogue in the framework of our analogy between the Absolute and God. The same difference distinguishing the former from any other entity (emergent or part) also holds with regard to differentiating God from any other ‘truth,' thereby establishing His transcendency and...1959, Frank E. Lazowick, The Science of Philosophy, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 95
    • My contingence can be presented in two languages: my existence is pure fact, and my existence is not aseitous, even though of myself I necessarily possess sovereign control of choice and of motion.1966, Paul Ricoeur, Freedom and Nature: The Voluntary and the Involuntary, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 455
    Synonyms:
    self-existent

Synonyms of aseitous

Antonyms

Questions about aseitous

What does aseitous mean?
Aseitous means possessing the divine attribute of aseity.
What part of speech is aseitous?
Aseitous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce aseitous?
Aseitous is pronounced /əˈsiː.ɪ.təs/.

Words near aseitous in the dictionary

  1. aseismically
  2. aseismicity
  3. aseitas
  4. aseitates
  5. aseities
  6. aseitous
  7. aseity
  8. aselizumab
  9. Asellian
  10. asellid
  11. asellids

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