Inherent
[ɪn'hɪər(ə)nt;-'her(ə)nt] or [ɪn'hɪrənt]
Definition
(a.) Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection.
Editor: Ronda
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Innate, inborn, inbred, not adventitious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Innate, congenital, imminent, ingrained, inborn, intrinsic, natural, inbred
ANT:Foreign, ascititious, temporary, separable, extraneous
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- The traces of consumption may become fainter, or be wholly effaced: the inherent tendency to vice or crime may be eradicated. Plato. The Republic.
- In conclusion, we note that the early history of the idea of following nature combined two factors which had no inherent connection with one another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Uncertainty, however, does not seem to be necessarily inherent in the nature of such taxes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He appreciated fully its inherent difficulties, not only in manufacture, but also in the marketing of the product. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If sin which is her own natural and inherent evil cannot destroy the soul, hardly will anything else destroy her. Plato. The Republic.
- This type of cell, however, has many serious disadvantages inherent to its very nature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But the soul which cannot be destroyed by an evil, whether inherent or external, must exist for ever, and if existing for ever, must be immortal? Plato. The Republic.
- There is no inherent opposition between working with others and working as an individual. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Inherent flaws can be perfectly understood by imagining a pond of water frozen solidly to its center. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Radiation is a property inherent in ur anium and independent both of light and of phosphorescence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In fact, the inherent limitations of experience are often urged as the sufficient ground for attention to thinking. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The effect of science is thus to change men's idea of the nature and inherent possibilities of experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- These evils are inherent in the system. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first great capitalistic system developed and fell into chaos through its own inherent rottenness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In all things there is an inherent corruption; and if this cannot destroy them, nothing else will. Plato. The Republic.
- One corruption was perhaps inherent in its teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I thought of these things--perhaps with the superstition inherent in my nature, perhaps with a sense worthier of me than superstition. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A little later, however, Sir William, always cautious and canny, began to discover the inherent defects of the primitive battery, as to disintegration, inefficiency, costliness, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Anger and hatred are passions inherent in Our very frame and constitutions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Now, the right of revolution is an inherent one. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This did not originate in inherent shamelessness, but in her living too far from the world to feel the impact of public opinion. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is not probable that variability is an inherent and necessary contingent, under all circumstances. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- And in this case, it is not at all surprising that the inherent sterility in the hybrids should have gone on increasing. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This injustice is an _inherent_ one in the slave system,--it cannot exist without it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Penelope