connatural

American  

[kuh-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl] / kəˈnætʃ ər əl, -ˈnætʃ rəl /

adjective

1. belonging to a person or thing by nature or from birth or origin; inborn.

2. of the same or a similar nature.

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connatural British  

/ kəˈnætʃərəl /

adjective

1. having a similar nature or origin

2. congenital or innate; connate

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• connaturalness
  noun
• connaturally
  adverb
• connaturality
  noun

Etymology

Origin of connatural

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

Example Sentences

Wherefore this pleasure is very desirable as regards the sensitive appetite, both on account of the intensity of the pleasure, and because such like concupiscence is connatural to man.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now among the virtues directed to the connatural end there is but one natural virtue, viz. the understanding of principles.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The human nature of our Divine Lord has not its own connatural subsistence; this is supplied by the subsistence of the Divine Person.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Now no act is perfectly produced by an active power, unless it be connatural to that power by reason of some form which is the principle of that action.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Hence we may confine our attention here to the distinction between these two classes of accident and their connatural substances.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter