| inherent | | |
| adj. | 1. built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic.; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" |
| ~ intrinsic, intrinsical | belonging to a thing by its very nature.; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing" |
| adj. | 2. implicit in, inherent, underlying | in the nature of something though not readily apparent.; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning" |
| ~ implicit, inexplicit | implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something.; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn" |
| nature | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. nature | the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized.; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
| n. (person) | 2. nature | a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe.; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" |
| ~ causal agency, causal agent, cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. |
| n. (object) | 3. nature | the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc..; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
| ~ cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, existence, creation | everything that exists anywhere.; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. nature | the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions.; "it is his nature to help others" |
| ~ trait | a distinguishing feature of your personal nature. |
| ~ personality | the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual.; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" |
| ~ animal nature, animality | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect. |
| ~ disposition, temperament | your usual mood.; "he has a happy disposition" |
| ~ complexion | (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament. |
| ~ sociality | the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups.; "mammals as a class are not strong on sociality" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. nature | a particular type of thing.; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature" |
| ~ type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing.; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
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