inherent
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5.1
- adjective
- /ɪnˈhɪrənt/
- Creativity is an inherent quality of many successful artists.
- inherent risk
- inherent difficulties
- inherent differences
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Watch on YouTubeBut the brain has this, this inherent power to it.
- But the brain has this, this inherent power to it.
- It was us talking about our inherent structures and our our laws.
- His idea was that there's just some inherent stretchiness in space.
- So this cont is saying this is inherent in reason.
- He says that's inherent to other species as well.
- And it's a social construct, again, because it has no inherent independent reality.
- But it, it just briefly is everyone has inherent strengths, weaknesses and blind spots.
- And that happens because of the inherent universality of action.
- So there was an inherent contradiction in what I was being told.
- It's about, I think, surrendering to the lesson inherent in the situation.
- But, and that's culturally, there's just this inherent distrust of Intel agencies.
- Like wouldn't it just be the empathy of the inherent human condition?
- It's but it's the being, the knowing that it's inherent in the being.
- For me, it's that is the privilege inherent in power.
- They're not necessarily an inherent flaw in the system.
Examples
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But I would argue that emerging diseases are an inherent part of the human condition.
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It was one of the inherent risks of my trade.
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There is an inherent change in it.
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The ability to finance comes from the inherent size of the investment.
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There is something inherent in doing history that makes it, by its very nature, public.
Academic text (2011) -
Rather, these risks to public health are inherent in the current drug marketing system.
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So there was an inherent contradiction in what I was being told.
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You live with that inherent obligation and privilege to never fail that child.
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There could be an inherent tension between independence of mind and law-abiding behavior.
Fiction book (2002) -
As they walk, Harry glances about, impressed with the appearance of wealth inherent in the house and grounds.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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4.8
A hidden basic cause or idea behind what you see
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3.9
A feature that is part of something from the start, not added later
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5.3
Necessary and very important as part of a whole
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5.2
A quality present from birth that is not learned
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3.9
Forming a natural, basic part of something's structure or character
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4.4
Held firmly inside something or made a normal part of a group
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6.7
A natural, basic part of a person or thing
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5.5
Firmly fixed in a person or group and hard to change
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4.2
A natural part of someone or something from the start
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5.9
A natural and lasting part of a person's body or mind
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9.9
A quality that is part of something's basic nature
Antonyms
Compounds
How Inherent
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3.5
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5.1
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6.5
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6.0
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3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
inherent = inhere (semi-transparent) = in + herent + ent
Formation from the verb 'inhere' to the adjective with the standard adjectival suffix '-ent' is a regular, transparent derivation.
Etymology
Inherent comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and haerēre 'to stick', the same root you see in adhere. Think of a quality that 'sticks inside' something — it is a natural, permanent part of it.