intrinsic
Meanings
Plural: intrinsics
Adjective
- belonging to a thing by its very nature; - John Dewey
- "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"
Adjective Satellite
- situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
- "intrinsic muscles"
Adj
- Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
- Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
- Built-in.
Noun
- A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
- An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).
Synonyms
built-in, congenital, congenite, connate, connatural, essential, genetous, immanent, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, infused, ingenite, ingrained, inherent, innate, instilled, integral, intrinsic, intrinsical, inwrought, native, natural, proper to, radical, to the manner born, unlearned, unlearnt
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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