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Intrinsic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent.

adj. Anatomy Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts. Used of certain nerves and muscles.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

adj. Comprising, being part of a whole.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic

adj. Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.

n. A genuine quality.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Being within; penetrating inward; intimate; familiar; intestine; domestic.

Hence—2. Pertaining to the inner or essential nature; intimately characterizing; inherent; essential; genuine; belonging to the subject in its very existence: as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action.

In Scots law, intimately connected with the point at issue: applied to circumstances sworn to by a party on an oath of reference that make part of the evidence afforded by the oath, and cannot be separated from it.

In anatomy, applied to those muscles of the limbs which take origin within the anatomical limits of the limb, such limits including the pectoral and pelvic arches.

Synonyms Interior, Inward, etc. See inner.

n. A genuine or essential quality.

In pathology, pertaining to the internal parts or to the structures proper of an organ.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts

adj. belonging to a thing by its very nature

Word Usage

"I think for someone sensitive who truly believes in intrinsic goodness would pretty much have had to kill themselves after WWII."

Equivalent

internal inbuilt inherent inner intimate

Antonym

extrinsic

Cross Reference

intrinsic mode intrinsic relation intrinsic divisor intrinsic pressure intrinsic equation of a plane curve

Form

intrinsic semiconductor intrinsic value intrinsic function intrinsic motivation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

real inherent genuine innate natural

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound