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🧬 Inborn or innate 🔗 Similar in nature
connatural

connatural

9.9
Having the same natural qualities as something else
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɒnˈnætʃərəl/
  • Formal
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  • Her ability to empathize with others is connatural, stemming from her upbringing in a caring family.

Examples

  • The principles of justice are connatural to a fair society, reflecting its core values.

  • Rahner is here speaking of this mixed experience, but with emphasis on the higher pole, the felt resonance of the spiritual soul with its connatural, personal a priori good, a response to be sought and valued more than concepts and deliberation.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Faith and grace, transformative of as well as suited to the person, lead the individual to perceive the world differently and to find certain values congenial, certain religious perspectives and orientations connatural.

    Academic text (2003)

  • And these are the two realms of the heart par excellence, for it only serves to trivialize the idea of the heart to force it to apply primarily to the banal and intrapersonal when by heart we more properly mean apprehension of values connatural to us as persons, precisely as finite spirits.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Creativity is connatural to many artists, allowing them to express their feelings through their work.

Synonyms

consubstantial
vsconnatural
  • Formal
1 9.9

Sharing God's nature, as with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

is about general similarity in nature without religious or technical focus
connate
vsconnatural
  • Formal
9.9

Having the same natural origin or quality

emphasizes general belonging to the same nature rather than origin

Antonyms

different
∞ 1.0

Not the same as another person or thing

dissimilar
17 3.8

Different in appearance or nature

How Similar

identical
237 2.9
connatural
  • Formal
9.9
akin
76 4.4
similar
∞ 1.0
related
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

connatural positive

Morphology

connatural = natural (opaque) = con + nature + al

Although historically related to 'natural', the learned prefix 'con-' does not provide a clear, productive meaning for most learners, so the sense is not readily inferable.

Etymology

Connatural comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and natura 'nature'. That gives the idea of things that are 'with' the same nature, so if two things are connatural they share the same kind or fit together.