beginningless
Having no start
Beginningless describes something without a starting point—existing eternally into the past.
The word appears almost exclusively in philosophical and theological contexts: Buddhist philosophy posits a beginningless cycle of rebirth.
Where endless looks forward in time, beginningless looks backward.
Without origin or cause
- everlastingLasting for all time
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
unending · boundless · immortal · undying · unceasing · constant · infinite · limitless
Without preceding trigger
- self-existentBeing without external cause
- primordialExisting from the start
- atemporalOutside time's domain
- unmanifestedNot yet made apparent
ontological · metaphysical · transcendent · absolute · unconditioned · groundless · foundationless
Already in being
- voidWithout legal effect
- formlessLacking definite shape
- unbornNot yet delivered
- primevalFrom earliest times
chaos · singularity · steady-state · cyclic · oscillating · multiverse
uncreated
Without origin or cause
- everlastingLasting for all time
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- timelessUnaffected by eras
ageless · unending · boundless · immortal · undying · unceasing · constant · infinite · limitless · inexhaustible
uncaused
Without preceding trigger
- self-existentBeing without external cause
- primordialExisting from the start
- atemporalOutside time's domain
unmanifested · ontological · metaphysical · transcendent · absolute · unconditioned · groundless · foundationless
preexistent
Already in being
primeval · chaos · singularity · steady-state · cyclic · oscillating · multiverse
unstarted
Not yet begun
beginninglessbegun
Having started already
originated · started · initiated · commenced · finite
beginninglesscreated
Caused to exist
originated · caused · made · contingent · generated
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