self-existent
UK/ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt/
self-existent adjective: existing without having been created.
Adjective
self-existent (not comparable)
- Existing without having been created.
- Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force.
- Campbell exquisitely says, "'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view:" and let the heart be thankful from its inmost depths for that imaginative and self-existent faculty which first lends enchantment to the distance.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 89
self-existent meaning in Hindi and Tamil
self-existent in Hindi
- self-existent
- स्वयंभू svayambhū, आत्मज ātmaj
self-existent in Tamil
- தன்னிருப்பான
Origin of self-existent
From self- + existent.
Questions about self-existent
- What does self-existent mean?
- Self-existent means existing without having been created.
- What is self-existent in Hindi?
- Self-existent in Hindi is स्वयंभू (svayambhū), आत्मज (ātmaj). See Self-existent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is self-existent?
- Self-existent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce self-existent?
- Self-existent is pronounced /ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-existent (page history and authors); आत्मज (Hindi) (page history and authors); self-existent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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