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inherence
/ -ˈhɛr-; ɪnˈhɪərəns /
noun
- the state or condition of being inherent
- metaphysics the relation of attributes, elements, etc, to the subject of which they are predicated, esp if they are its essential constituents
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- nonin·herence noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inherence1
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Example Sentences
This brings us close to nature, because everywhere the quality is only a power of action regarded as having an abstract inherence.
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Concretion or Co-inherence denotes inseparable or necessary connection, such as that between substance and quality.
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Let us begin by assuming smallness to be inherent in one: in this case the inherence is either in the whole or in a part.
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While the left side, with its allied Recessive, or Dormant, brain-half is of female inherence.
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The new hybrids being male in inherence, nothing is added to the female reproductive, or Vital, potential in them.
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