connatural
[kuh-nach-er-uh l, -nach-ruh l]
adjective
belonging to a person or thing by nature or from birth or origin; inborn.
of the same or a similar nature.
Origin of connatural
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Related Words for connatural
built-in, congenital, connate, hereditary, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inherent, inherited, native, natural, agnate, akin, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin, kindred, consanguinealExamples from the Web for connatural
Historical Examples of connatural
Associated words: physiography, physiogony, connatural, connaturalness.
Putnam's Word BookLouis A. Flemming
In the fact of its being intuitive; that is, as Mr. Fowler says, "connatural," or "native to the human mind."
The Philosophy of Natural TheologyWilliam Jackson
An admission that national "character" is not a connatural or fixed bias, but a simple function of variables.
The Evolution of StatesJ. M. Robertson
They are not gifted with any connatural principle within them which renders them self-governing and self-adjusting.
Why then should a rational creature necessarily desire to transcend its own proper and connatural mode of intelligence?
connatural
adjective
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