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Another word for underlying

adjective

Arising from or going to the root or source:
basal, basic, foundational, fundamental, original, primary, radical. See surface
Of or being an irreducible element:
basic, elemental, elementary, essential, fundamental, primitive, ultimate. See surface

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The fossils are few, and in some cases probably derived from the underlying formations.
Tests gave no indication of an underlying cause.
However good her underlying motivations, she still lied, tricked and betrayed him.
The idea underlying the word, which to us is invested with deep ethical meaning, had only this non-ethical, ritual significance in Ezekiel.
Neoplatonism owes its form to Plato, but its underlying motive is the widespread feeling of self-despair and the longing for divine illumination characteristic of the age in which it appears.

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