inherent
- existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
- Grammar. standing before a noun.
Origin of inherent
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latent, innate, constitutional, built-in, internal, essential, natural, genetic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, fundamental, instinctive, ingrained, intrinsic, implicit, characteristic, congenital, distinctive, elementary, fixedExamples from the Web for inherent
Contemporary Examples of inherent
BEST ACTOR Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice There is no better actor—right now—than Joaquin Phoenix.
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January 6, 2015
Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.
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December 22, 2014
So too does Inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the Gold Coast.
Despite the inherent risk, the president decided the mission was crucial.
We nerds, especially, with our inherent distrust of social situations, love to make “the press” the enemy of our heroes.
Historical Examples of inherent
Let us now examine what may be described as the inherent characteristics of the people.
The ForestStewart Edward White
He must believe in life and in the inherent goodness of the earth.
Mountain MeditationsL. Lind-af-Hageby
Is immortality a divine gift or an inherent property of the soul?
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The SearchlightMathew Joseph Holt
Such irregularities are inherent in the Byzantine methods of building.
Byzantine Churches in ConstantinopleAlexander Van Millingen
In all things there is an inherent corruption; and if this cannot destroy them, nothing else will.
The RepublicPlato
inherent
- existing as an inseparable part; intrinsic
Word Origin and History for inherent
1570s, from Latin inhaerentem (nominative inhaerens), present participle of inhaerere "be closely connected with," literally "adhere to," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + haerere "to stick" (see hesitation). Related: Inherently.
inherent
(ĭn-hîr′ənt, -hĕr′-)- Occurring as a natural part or consequence.