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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The Vegetative organism, being the agency of Life, is female in origin and inherence.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
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
This mutual inherence of the members of the Body and these obligations to one another are in strict subordination to the Head; but they are very real duties and privileges which are ours to exercise.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. Barry
Therefore if a habit does not become more or less intense in itself, neither can it in its inherence in its subject: and consequently it will be nowise less intense.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
The contradictions he finds in the common-sense conception of inherence, or of “a thing with several attributes,” will now become obvious.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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