autochthonic
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You will certainly not adopt Niebuhr's autochthonic theory, where such facts lie before you.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
The dance is the primordial, autochthonic form of music; its foundation so to speak.
From Beethoven by Fischer, George Alexander
Or was it original and autochthonic, independent, in its inception, of any external influences, and unconnected with any other institution?
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.
But Lincoln, his times, his death—great as any, any age—belong altogether to our own, and our autochthonic.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt
There was nothing traditional, nothing archaic, nothing autochthonic in their poor art.
From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by Howells, William Dean
