inherence

American  

[in-heer-uhns, -her-] / ɪnˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr- /

noun

1. the state or fact of inhering or being inherent.

2. Philosophy. the relation of an attribute to its subject.

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inherence British  

/ -ˈhɛr-, ɪnˈhɪərəns /

noun

1. the state or condition of being inherent

2. 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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Other Word Forms

• noninherence noun

Etymology

Origin of inherence

From the Medieval Latin word inhaerentia, dating back to 1570–80. See inherent, -ence

Example Sentences

In any line, however, a strain of greatness or of other inherence descends in alternating succession, now in the female, now in the male line; receding now into the potential, and then evolving in development.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

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

And, if the substance of the soul is defined as that in which perceptions inhere, what is meant by the inherence?

From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Samavâya means as we have seen an intimate, inseparable relation of inherence.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

Nor can it be inherence, since it would be impossible to define who should be the abode and who the abiding thing.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George