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Definition

An independent existence with some characteristics of life.

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In Context

  • "take on a life of its own"
  • "Sartre rejects the notion that an imagined character possesses, in any rational sense, "a life of its own"."
  • "[…], information takes on not only a speed of its own, but a life of its own."
  • "A massive hangover with a life of its own kept Fess pinned to his bed most of Sunday."