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induced

DEFINITIONS OF: induced

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adj brought about or caused; not spontaneous

“a case of steroid-induced weakness”
Synonyms
elicited, evoked
called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
iatrogenic
induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment)
Antonyms:
self-generated, spontaneous
happening or arising without apparent external cause
impulsive, unprompted
proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
intuitive
spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
instinctive, natural
unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
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