intrinsic as an adjective: - 1
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intrinsic
adjective
1 intrinsic
Belonging to a thing by its very nature:
— Form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing.
synonym: intrinsical.
Roget 5:
derived from within,
subjective;
intrinsic,
intrinsical†;
fundamental,
normal;
implanted,
inherent,
essential,
natural;
innate,
inborn,
inbred,
ingrained,
inwrought;
coeval with birth,
genetous†,
haematobious†,
syngenic†;
radical,
incarnate,
thoroughbred,
hereditary,
inherited,
immanent;
congenital,
congenite†;
connate,
running in the blood;
ingenerate†,
ingenite†;
indigenous;
in the grain
etc.
n.;
bred in the bone,
instinctive;
inward,
internal
etc.
221;
to the manner born;
virtual.
characteristic
etc.
(special)
79,
(indicative)
550;
invariable,
incurable,
incorrigible,
ineradicable,
fixed.
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Dutch: intrinsiek
2 intrinsic
Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts.
Moby thesaurus: actual, appropriate, basic, central, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep, deep-seated, distinctive, distinguished, elemental, esoteric, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, immanent, implanted, implicit, in character, inalienable, inborn, inbred, indoor, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inherited, inmost, innate, inner, innermost, inside, interior, internal, intestine, intimate, inward, inwrought, irreducible, marked, native, natural, organic, peculiar, private, proper, quintessential, real, resident, secret, single, singular, subjective, true, true to form, unalienable, unchallengeable, underlying, unique, unquestionable ... show more.
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