inherence

[ in-heer-uhns, -her- ]

noun

1. the state or fact of inhering or being inherent.
2. Philosophy. the relation of an attribute to its subject.

inherence

/ -ˈhɛr-; ɪnˈhɪərəns /

noun

1. the state or condition of being inherent
2. metaphysics the relation of attributes, elements, etc, to the subject of which they are predicated, esp if they are its essential constituents

Other Words From

• nonin·herence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inherence¹

From the Medieval Latin word inhaerentia, dating back to 1570–80. See inherent, -ence

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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