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equiprimordial

UK/ˌiːkwɪpɹaɪˈmɔːdɪəl/

equiprimordial adjective: existing together as equally fundamental ab initio; coöriginal.

Adjective

equiprimordial (not comparable)

  1. Existing together as equally fundamental ab initio; coöriginal.
    • If what has been said above on the subject of language and existence has any truth in it, then we must look on the myth as an undifferentiated matrix of meaning. Only later were the various meanings sorted out, but they were all latent in the myth from the beginning. If we may borrow a favourite...1960, John Macquarrie, The Scope of Demythologizing: Bultmann and His Critics, SCM Press, page 213

Origin of equiprimordial

Coined by John Macquarrie in his 1960 The Scope of Demythologizing as equi- + primordial, translating Martin Heidegger’s German gleichursprünglich.

Words formed from equiprimordial

Questions about equiprimordial

What does equiprimordial mean?
Equiprimordial means existing together as equally fundamental ab initio; coöriginal.
What part of speech is equiprimordial?
Equiprimordial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce equiprimordial?
Equiprimordial is pronounced /ˌiːkwɪpɹaɪˈmɔːdɪəl/ (UK).

Words near equiprimordial in the dictionary

  1. equipper
  2. equippers
  3. equippeth
  4. equipping
  5. equippings
  6. equiprimordial
  7. equiprimordiality
  8. equiprimordially
  9. equiprobabilistic
  10. equiprobabilities
  11. equiprobability

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