autochthonic
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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 Walt Whitman
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 F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
They corrupt their autochthonic customs, and drink champagne cider.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
From this invisible ground-plan rose something absolutely original and autochthonic.
From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner
The dance is the primordial, autochthonic form of music; its foundation so to speak.
From Beethoven by George Alexander Fischer
