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self-generated

DEFINITIONS OF: self-generated

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adj originating from the self

Synonyms:
self-produced
autogenic, autogenous
originating within the body

adj happening or arising without apparent external cause

Synonyms:
spontaneous
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
Antonyms:
induced
brought about or caused; not spontaneous
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)
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