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Inherent   /ɪnhˈɪrənt/  /ɪnhˈɛrənt/   Listen
Inherent

adjective
1.
Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic.  Synonyms: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral.  "A constitutional inability to tell the truth"
2.
In the nature of something though not readily apparent.  Synonyms: implicit in, underlying.  "An underlying meaning"



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"Inherent" Quotes from Famous Books



... it does not represent the farmer, who presses beyond his own economic conditions, his little allotment of land it represents him rather who would confirm these conditions; it does not represent the rural population, that, thanks to its own inherent energy, wishes, jointly with the cities to overthrow the old order, it represents, on the contrary, the rural population that, hide-bound in the old order, seeks to see itself, together with its allotments, saved and ...
— The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte • Karl Marx

... hostility. Probably it came of an historical fancy that the nook ought to be theirs, combined with the sense that it was not. But there had been no injury done ab extra: the family had suffered from the inherent moral lack ...
— Warlock o' Glenwarlock • George MacDonald

... preventive measures may be recommended. We should not use animals having faulty conformation of the feet for breeding, because the offspring of such individuals have an inherent tendency toward navicular and other foot diseases. Animals that have "coffin-joint" lameness should be allowed to run in pasture as much as possible, because natural conditions help to keep down the inflammation and soreness and promote a more healthy condition of the foot. In shoeing the ...
— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.

... valuable, feature of Lincoln's address was its concluding portion, where, in advice directed especially to Republicans, he pointed out in dispassionate but earnest language that the real, underlying conflict was in the difference of moral conviction between the sections as to the inherent right or wrong of slavery, and in view of which he defined the ...
— Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2 • John George Nicolay and John Hay

... inherent feminine quality, tact or spite, according as it is used, which teaches women to find out, and either avoid or wound one another's sore places, which made the little girl so often refer to "poor mamma?" Or had she been taught ...
— Christian's Mistake • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik


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