"aseity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈ siːɪti/ Forms: aseities [plural]
enPR: ə-sēˈ -ĭ-tē Etymology: From Medieval Latin aseitas (“state of being by itself”), from Classical Latin a se + -itas. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|aseitas||state of being by itself}} Medieval Latin aseitas (“state of being by itself”), {{der|en|la|a se}} Latin a se, {{m|la|-itas}} -itas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aseity (countable and uncountable, plural aseities)
  1. (theology, metaphysics, usually ascribed to deity) The attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance. Wikipedia link: aseity Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metaphysics, Theology Related terms: eternality, existence, aseitous Translations (divine attribute of self-existence): aseïtat [feminine] (Catalan), 自存性 (zìcúnxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), aseiteetti (Finnish), aseidade [feminine] (Galician), Aseität [feminine] (German), aseità [feminine] (Italian), aseitas [feminine] (Latin), aseitas [feminine] (Polish), asseidade [feminine] (Portuguese), aseidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-aseity-en-noun-cA10Uxbn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology

Inflected forms

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