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View synonyms for connatural

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • conˈnaturally, adverb
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Other Words From

  • con·natu·ral·ly adverb
  • con·natu·rali·ty con·natu·ral·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of connatural1

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

Why then should a rational creature necessarily desire to transcend its own proper and connatural mode of intelligence?

An admission that national "character" is not a connatural or fixed bias, but a simple function of variables.

My friend, the fatal malady that has been for so many generations connatural in our family has now claimed another victim.

There are ideas connatural to the human reason which are the copies of those archetypal ideas which belong to the Eternal Reason.

In the fact of its being intuitive; that is, as Mr. Fowler says, "connatural," or "native to the human mind."

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