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self-caused

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of self-sufficient causality/causation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • If the theory of everything exists, it necessarily has to be self-caused, otherwise it will be merely a partial theory; but the mathematical definition of everything is undecidable, no single set may hold its supposed components, thus the theory of everything by definition does not exist.

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5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Greek: αυταίτιος (aftaítios) — able to self-create oneself without external contributions
  • Greek: αυτόγονος (aftógonos) — able to self-create oneself without external contributions
  • Greek: αυτογενής (aftogenís) — able to self-create oneself without external contributions
  • Greek: αυτοδημιούργητος (aftodimioúrgitos) — able to self-create oneself without external contributions
  • Greek: μεταλογικώς αυτάρκης (metalogikós aftárkis) — able to self-create oneself without external contributions