noun
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the state or condition of being inherent
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metaphysics the relation of attributes, elements, etc, to the subject of which they are predicated, esp if they are its essential constituents
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Etymology
Origin of inherence
From the Medieval Latin word inhaerentia, dating back to 1570–80. See inherent, -ence
Example Sentences
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If so, the right side of the body, with its allied Leading, or Dominant, brain-half is, clearly, of male inherence.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
He is in danger of supposing the hyle of Aristotle to be something sensible and physical, whereas it is an intellectual principle whose inherence is implied in any physical thing.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
In crossing stock of superior Dominance with stock of superior Recessiveness, the Dominant prevails over the Recessive in the general structural traits of the resulting "hybrid," but not in its reproductive inherence.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
The same reasoning applies to action, generality, particularity, and inherence.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
Then, in the third generation, they re-appear in the grand-daughter; by power of a maternal contribution in which the female inherence is prepotent.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
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