Definition of "nonderivative" [nonderivative]

• Not derivative. (adjective)

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• "Later, once intrinsic value had been characterized as nonderivative value of a certain, perhaps moral kind, extrinsic value was said more particularly to be derivative value of that same kind."
• "Defilippo is doubtful that the state can come up with any “nonderivative” material, evidence that does not spring from the now-forbidden wiretap."
• "You would thereby be attributing a type of nonderivative interest-value to John's being healthy, and yet it would be perfectly consistent for you to deny that John's being healthy is intrinsically good."