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self-existence
noun[ U ]
(alsoselfexistence)uk /ˌself.ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/ us /ˌself.ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
religion, social science specialized
the fact of existing independently of any other person or cause:
They came to believe they had to fight to protect their self-defence, self-existence, and self-respect.
We identify with the image or appearance that we see, imagining it to have some inherent self-existence.
Even were self-existence conceivable, it would not be an explanation of the universe.
It is clear that by self-existence we mean an existence independent of any other and not produced by any other.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Existing and being
account for something
alive
be
be a thingidiom
been
estate
existent
existential
existentially
extant
found
living
run
self-existent
speckle
spring up
stand
they're
thing
thingness
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