uncaused
Lacking any antecedent
Uncaused means having no cause—existing or occurring without anything bringing it about.
The word appears almost exclusively in philosophical and theological contexts, particularly debates about whether the universe requires a first cause: If everything has a cause, what caused God? The traditional answer is that God is uncaused.
Not yet clarified
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- groundlessLacking factual support
- reasonlessWithout cause or rationale
- baselessLacking factual support
unaccountable · inexplicable · sourceless · brute · arbitrary · unfounded · unattributable · inscrutable
Loud explosive noise
- singularityPoint where values explode
- creationMaking something exist
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
- genesisPoint of creation
origin · universe · spacetime · primordial · eternal · beginningless · multiverse · inflation
Doctrine of causal necessity
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- indeterminismDoctrine allowing genuine randomness
ontology · prime mover · contingency · necessity · sufficient reason · ex nihilo · agency · teleology
Randomly determined, statistically describable
- aleatoryGoverned by chance
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
quantum · spontaneous · entropy · chaos · uncertainty · fluctuation · unpredictability · statistical
Self-directed and free
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- innateExisting since birth
- emergentNewly come into existence
- sui generisOf its own kind
autogenous · unbidden · unprompted · unforced · natural · inherent · self-starting
unexplained
Not yet clarified
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- groundlessLacking factual support
- reasonlessWithout cause or rationale
baseless · unaccountable · inexplicable · sourceless · brute · arbitrary · unfounded · unattributable · inscrutable · enigmatic
big bang
Loud explosive noise
- singularityPoint where values explode
- creationMaking something exist
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
genesis · origin · universe · spacetime · primordial · eternal · beginningless · multiverse · inflation · ex nihilo
determinism
Doctrine of causal necessity
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
indeterminism · ontology · prime mover · contingency · necessity · sufficient reason · ex nihilo · agency · teleology · fatalism
stochastic
Randomly determined, statistically describable
- aleatoryGoverned by chance
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
indeterminacy · quantum · spontaneous · entropy · chaos · uncertainty · fluctuation · unpredictability · statistical · probabilistic
autonomous
Self-directed and free
sui generis · autogenous · unbidden · unprompted · unforced · natural · inherent · self-starting
uncausedcaused
Made something occur
produced · generated · effected · brought about · occasioned
uncausedintended
Planned or purposed
deliberate · purposeful · willed · designed · planned
cause, caused, causation, causeless, causal, causative, causality