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inhesion

American  
[in-hee-zhuhn] / ɪnˈhi ʒən /

noun

  1. the state or fact of inhering; inherence.


inhesion British  
/ ɪnˈhiːʒən /

noun

  1. a less common word for inherence

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Etymology

Origin of inhesion

1625–35; < Late Latin inhaesiōn- (stem of inhaesiō ), equivalent to Latin inhaes ( us ) past participle of inhaerēre to inhere + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

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Thus while in the ontological order all substances, whether we think of them as universal or as individual, are the ultimate subjects of inhesion for all real accidents, in the logical order it is only the individual substance that is the ultimate subject of attribution for all logical predicates.

From Project Gutenberg

And thus much at present may suffice to have Discours’d against the Supposition, that almost every Quality must have some δεκτικον πρωτον, as they speak, some Native receptacle, wherein as in its proper Subject of inhesion it peculiarly resides, and on whose account that quality belongs to the other Bodies, Wherein it is to be met with.

From Project Gutenberg

The notion of accidents is an unavoidable consequence of this method of thinking with regard to substances and substantial forms; nor can we forbear looking upon colours, sounds, tastes, figures, and other properties of bodies, as existences, which cannot subsist apart, but require a subject of inhesion to sustain and support them.

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In order to put a stop to these endless cavils on both sides, I know no better method, than to ask these philosophers in a few words, What they mean by substance and inhesion?

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Inhesion in something is supposed to be requisite to support the existence of our perceptions.

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