connatural

[ kuh-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl ]

adjective

1. belonging to a person or thing by nature or from birth or origin; inborn.
2. of the same or a similar nature.

connatural

/ kəˈnætʃərəl /

adjective

1. having a similar nature or origin
2. congenital or innate; connate

Derived Forms

• conˈnaturally, adverb

Other Words From

• con·natu·ral·ly adverb
• con·natu·rali·ty con·natu·ral·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of connatural¹

1585–95; < Medieval Latin connātūrālis, equivalent to Latin con- con- + nātūrālis natural

Example Sentences

They may be such that in the ordinary course of nature, and so far as its forces and laws are concerned, they are never found to be absent from their connatural substances—inseparable accidents.

From Project Gutenberg

"No one knew better than Capek that the cultivation of the soil and cultivation of the spirit are connatural," Harrison writes.

From Washington Post

How connatural this strange, unreasoning, reckless courage was with their regenerate state is shown most signally in St. Paul, as having been a convert of later vocation.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the human mind has no criterion of truth within itself, no elements of knowledge which are connatural and inborn.

From Project Gutenberg

"The Truths of God are connatural to the soul of man, and the soul of man makes no more resistance to them than the air does to light."

From Project Gutenberg