Definition of "self-existent" []

• Existing without having been created. (adjective)
• Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force. (adjective)

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• "This hand seemed a thing apart, self-existent, with no corporeal attachment, and it appeared and disappeared like an apparition as the thumb-pressure wavered on the switch."
• "Alec was self-existent - the a singular line he did have he wasn't even upon shade for ... poor Cameron."
• "Of course, our self-centeredness, our distinctive attachment to the feeling of an independent, self-existent �I�, works fundamentally to inhibit our compassion."