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Definition of Derivativeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derivativeness
Literary usage of Derivativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... between the two is the mere difference of form which separates simple
self-relation, on the one hand, from mediation or derivativeness on the other. ..."
2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1881)
"The relation of the second to the first is that of freedom ; for it has annulled
its derivativeness from eternity and is free activity ; the relation of the ..."
3. Thought and Things: A Study of the Development and Meaning of Thought, Or by James Mark Baldwin (1911)
"... however, for the observer, a forward look, a look toward a further state of
derivativeness or unfolding. Such an experience would seem, therefore, ..."
4. Dynamic Sociology: Or Applied Social Science, as Based Upon Statical by Lester Frank Ward (1911)
"It deals with relations ai L'6t degree of derivativeness. T with disdain or
contempt, and is respect, of the spirit of the Midd which can not, if it would, ..."
5. On Becoming an American: Some Meditations of a Newly Naturalized Immigrant by Horace James Bridges (1919)
"The very collocation of the words shows the priority of the nation to its people
and their derivativeness from it. Now, when a man uses such phrases, ..."
6. Recent British Philosophy: Including Some Comments on Mr. Mill's Answer to by David Masson (1877)
"... he would be able to repeat his preliminary exposition of the derivativeness
of the notion of Matter: but as to how this second notion of the Ego is ..."
7. Dynamic Sociology by Lester Frank Ward (1897)
"It deals with relations and phenomena of the highest degree of derivativeness.
Theology looks upon nature with disdain or contempt, ..."