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

Derived Forms

• conˈnaturally, adverb

Other Words From

• con·natu·ral·ly adverb
• con·natu·rali·ty con·natu·ral·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of connatural¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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