Antonyms for origins
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-i-jin, or- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr ɪ dʒɪn, ˈɒr- |
Definition of origins
Origin :- c.1400, "ancestry, race," from Old French origine "origin, race," and directly from Latin originem (nominative origo) "a rise, commencement, beginning, source; descent, lineage, birth," from stem of oriri "to rise, become visible, appear" (see orchestra).
- noun cause, basis
- noun beginning, inception
- noun family, heritage
- It is in the sexual passions we must seek the origins of all social growth.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- These origins are certainly very frivolous and very fabulous.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- The dates of their writing are far apart, their origins are various.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- The origins of the middle story, The Secret Sharer, are quite other.
- Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
- But the mere difference of their origins made it wildly improbable.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- The origins of painting in China are mingled with the origins of writing.
- Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
- This by no means indicates that purely Indian origins might not be found for it.
- Extract from : « Chinese Painters » by Raphael Petrucci
- Even the existing understanding about origins is very far from universal.
- Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
- The origins of this mode of thought are difficult to trace fully.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
- If it is a question of origins, the origin is always the same, whatever we say about it.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
Synonyms for origins
- agent
- alpha
- ancestor
- ancestry
- antecedent
- author
- base
- beginnings
- birth
- blast off
- blood
- causality
- causation
- commencement
- connection
- creation
- creator
- dawn
- dawning
- day one
- derivation
- descent
- determinant
- early stage
- egg
- element
- embarkation
- embryo
- emergence
- entrance
- entry
- extraction
- forging
- foundation
- fountain
- generator
- genesis
- germ
- git go
- horse's mouth
- impulse
- inauguration
- inception
- inducement
- influence
- ingress
- initiation
- inspiration
- introduction
- launch
- lineage
- mainspring
- maternity
- motive
- nativity
- nucleus
- occasion
- opener
- origination
- outbreak
- outset
- parent
- parentage
- paternity
- pedigree
- principle
- producer
- progenitor
- provenance
- provenience
- rise
- root
- roots
- seed
- source
- spring
- square one
- start
- starting point
- stock
- well
- wellspring
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