'Inherence' definitions:
Definition of 'inherence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic; "the inherence of polysemy in human language" [syn: inherence, inherency]
Definition of 'Inherence'
From: GCIDE
- Inherence \In*her"ence\, Inherency \In*her"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. inh['e]rence.] The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inherence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessibility,
- actual presence,
- availability,
- being here,
- being there,
- essentiality,
- existence,
- fundamentality,
- hereness,
- immanence,
- immediacy,
- inbeing,
- indigenousness,
- indwelling,
- indwellingness,
- innateness,
- innerness,
- internality,
- intrinsicality,
- inwardness,
- nonobjectivity,
- occurrence,
- physical presence,
- presence,
- spiritual presence,
- subjectivity,
- thereness,
- ubiety,
- whereness