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
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With the destruction of an individual or its production it is a new relation of inherence that is destroyed or produced.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
A striking illustration of such transmission by mother to son of a paternally-derived abnormal inherence which she herself does not develop, is found in so-called "bleeders"; persons who suffer from the disease, hæmophilia.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
Of all books it is to be said—of novels as well—that none is great that is not true, and that cannot be true which does not carry inherence of truth.
From The Delicious Vice by Young Ewing Allison
Where there is the appearance of inherence, therefore, there is always a plurality of reals; no such correlative to substance as attribute or accident can be admitted at all.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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 George Thibaut
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