Word
intrinsic, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
belonging to a thing by its very nature
<adj.all>
freq. cnt.: 2
freq. cnt.: 2
intrinsic
intrinsical
sample sentences
"form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey
lexical pointers
antonym
extrinsic
semantic pointers
also see
essential
inalienable, unalienable
similar to
inherent, integral, built-in, constitutional, inbuilt
inner, internal, intimate
situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
<adj.all>
intrinsic
sample sentences
"intrinsic muscles"
semantic pointers
similar to
internal
domain of synset (topic)
anatomy, general anatomy