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induced

Definitions of induced
  1. adjective
    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)
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    antonyms:
    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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