Pronunciations
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/ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Adjective
Existing without having been created.
Usage- not-comparable
Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force.
Usage- not-comparable
- Examples
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More examples (1)
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.