Synonyms for intrinsic
ɪnˈtrɪn sɪk, -zɪkin·trin·sic

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1. intrinsicadjective

   Antonyms:
   extrinsic

2. intrinsicadjective

   Antonyms:
   extrinsic

3. intrinsicadjective

   Antonyms:
   extrinsic

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1. intrinsic

   Inherent signifies permanently united as an element or original quality, naturally existent or incorporated in something so as to have become an integral part. Immanent is a philosophic word, to denote that which dwells in or pervades any substance or spirit without necessarily being a part of it, and without reference to any working out (compare SUBJECTIVE). That which is inherent is an inseparable part of that in which it inheres, and is usually thought of with reference to some outworking or effect; as, an inherent difficulty. God is said to be immanent (not inherent) in the universe. Frequently intrinsic and inherent can be interchanged, but inherent applies to qualities, while intrinsic applies to essence, so that to speak of intrinsic excellence conveys higher praise than if we say inherent excellence. Inherent and intrinsic may be said of persons or things; congenital, inborn, inbred, innate, apply to living beings. Congenital is frequent in medical and legal use with special application to defects; as, congenital idiocy. Innate and inborn are almost identical, but innate is preferred in philosophic use, as when we speak of innate ideas; that which is inborn, congenital, or innate may be original with the individual, but that which is inbred is inherited. Ingrained signifies dyed in the grain, and denotes that which is deeply wrought into substance or character.

   Synonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

   Antonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

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1. intrinsic

   Synonyms:
   native, inherent, innate, genuine, immanent, natural, true, real, inward

   Antonyms:
   extrinsic, acquired, adventitious, borrowed, pretended, ascititious, external, added, assumed

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1. intrinsic, intrinsicaladjective

   belonging to a thing by its very nature

   "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey

   Synonyms:
   intrinsical

   Antonyms:
   adventitious, extraneous, alien, external, foreign, adscititious, outside, extrinsic

2. intrinsicadjective

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

   "intrinsic muscles"

   Synonyms:
   intrinsical

   Antonyms:
   extraneous, external, outside, alien, foreign, adscititious, adventitious, extrinsic

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1. • Anatomy

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1. intrinsicadjective

   Synonyms:
   inherent, internal, inward, inborn, inbred, native, natural, ingrained, not extrinsic

2. intrinsicadjective

   Synonyms:
   real, genuine, true, essential

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1. intrinsicadjective

   Synonyms:
   inherent, innate, real, genuine

   Antonyms:
   extrinsic

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1. List of paraphrases for "intrinsic":

   inherent, inherently, built-in, in-built, inbuilt, innate, integral

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1. Thomas Russo:

   I am delighted with the increased commitment to share repurchases, it may be a very large arrow in Berkshire's quiver to increase intrinsic value on a per-share basis.

2. Garen Wintemute:

   The two are not the same, you do not have a right to conveyance. You have a right to self-defense, you have a right to protecting your home and your family that's intrinsic to you as a human being.

3. Donella Meadows, The Global Citizen:

   Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.

4. Willa Sibert Cather:

   Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand -- a business as safe and commendable as making soap or breakfast foods -- or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand, something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values.

5. Peter Van de Vliet:

   The profile of Paralympics sports has increased and that carries with it an intrinsic risk that people will try to stretch boundaries, by means of technology, by means of unauthorized substances and whatever is humanly possible.