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intrinsically

[in-trin-sik, -zik]

adjective

belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.

Anatomy. (of certain muscles, nerves, etc.) belonging to or lying within a given part.

Also, in·trin·si·cal.

Origin:
1480–90; < Medieval Latin intrinsecus inward (adj.), Latin (adv.), equivalent to intrin- (int(e)r-, as in interior + -im adv. suffix) + secus beside, derivative of sequī to follow

Related forms

in·trin·si·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confused: extraneous, external, extrinsic, internal, intrinsic.

Synonyms
1. native, innate, natural, true, real. See essential.

Antonyms
1. extrinsic.

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Example Sentences

Although he is not satisfied that this offer is authentic, it is not intrinsically improbable.

On the other hand, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with technology.

Another is that brainy people are intrinsically healthier than those less intellectually endowed.

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Although he is not satisfied that this offer is authentic, it is not intrinsically improbable.

On the other hand, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with technology.

Another is that brainy people are intrinsically healthier than those less intellectually endowed.

Carousing through town with bona fide locals in a new city, you can't help but feel intrinsically cool.

They were intrinsically unable to understand the problem.

They are now intrinsically connected in a strange way.

None saw human cloning as intrinsically evil or immoral.

Mill suggests there is something intrinsically important about having full control over one's faculties.

And these feelings are intrinsically woven in with a sense of dignity.

It's about one intrinsically interactive medium, made possible by a digital lingua franca: bits.

Unlike depression, though, hypomania is intrinsically pleasurable.

Nothing about money makes it intrinsically the government's business.

Moreover, an imperfect system is intrinsically destabilizing, because it encourages building and launching more weapons.

As much as a disguised purpose is intrinsically cool, it would be much better if these were real, working phones.

Some studies suggest that crack is no more intrinsically addictive than other drugs that addicts have been able to quit.

Not that their bureaucracies are intrinsically more promising.

So height in and of itself does not intrinsically confer success.

In a cell they can migrate, and need to be intrinsically incapable of accidentally interacting with each other.

It is not intrinsically racist or otherwise illegitimate.

As if that were not enough, the big issues are intrinsically tough.

It will probably not be intrinsically fun, because people are willing to do fun things for themselves.

Any game where your agency in the universe is to destroy things is naturally and intrinsically violent.

Collage is intrinsically about modern life and the simultaneity of disparate experiences.

Internet sites are intrinsically harder to control than newspapers.

Unfortunately for us, the future is deeply, intrinsically unknowable.

People and ideas are influential to the extent that they cause effects, not intrinsically.

There is something intrinsically ridiculous about zombie movies.

Hate crimes are intrinsically silly and unnecessary.

Great teachers understand that technique and interpretation are intrinsically connected.

There is nothing intrinsically wrong about a private prison system other than what could go wrong with privatized anything.

There's something intrinsically happy about a chicken.

The process is long-winded and expensive but it is an intrinsically fairer way to establish the facts.

Of course, there is nothing intrinsically dishonorable in the offering of advice upon invitation.

Their focus on self-chosen, intrinsically rewarding goals allows them to persevere and adapt when things go awry.

It is equally nonsensical to see saving as an intrinsically virtuous activity and borrowing as an essentially dubious one.

Most faculty are outstanding hard workers who are intrinsically motivated for scholarship and teaching.

Viruses are intrinsically liked to the evolution of species and continue to live in symbiosis with our organism.

Her presence alone is intrinsically dramatic, and this role edges her significantly closer to legendary status.

Those who wield the latter intrinsically wield the former.

For instance, measurement per se is not intrinsically useful:.

Far better to burn wood, which can be done cleanly with modern technology and use electricity, which is intrinsically expensive.

Online services provide breaking news, are intrinsically interactive, and know much more about computers and technology.

Students who are intrinsically motivated will still earn great grades without thinking about.

Any financial system based on government-granted monopoly on money and credit is intrinsically unstable.

The urge to block presumes that exposure to certain topics is intrinsically dangerous.

Something new is definitely missing in an intrinsically multiple act.

It doesn't strike me that anything the individual has done is intrinsically wrong, exactly.

Gold and silver intrinsically rule the financial world.

One is a series of words that are intrinsically musical, in clang-tint and rhythm, as the single word cellar-door is musical.

Politics is intrinsically adversarial and successful politicians have to know how to win an argument.

Intrinsically worthwhile experience could turn out not to be adaptive in the future.

Betting against products sold to clients is not intrinsically a conflict of interest or a moral misstep.

Therapists are right, however, when they say that the goals of therapy and research are intrinsically different.

Any system of formal logic powerful enough to describe the natural numbers is intrinsically incomplete.

Now sweetness itself is not intrinsically a problem.

Sadly, the fact that it is intrinsically hard to believe does not mean it did.

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World English Dictionary

intrinsic or intrinsical (ɪnˈtrɪnsɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent
2.	anatomy situated within or peculiar to a part: intrinsic muscles

[C15: from Late Latin intrinsecus from Latin, inwardly, from intrā within + secus alongside; related to sequī to follow]

intrinsical or intrinsical

—*adj*

[C15: from Late Latin intrinsecus from Latin, inwardly, from intrā within + secus alongside; related to sequī to follow]

in'trinsically or intrinsical

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

intrinsic

late 15c., "interior, inward, internal," from M.Fr. intrinsèque (13c.) "inner," from M.L. intrinsecus "interior, internal," from L. intrinsecus (adv.) "inwardly, on the inside," from intra "within" + secus "alongside," originally "following" (related to sequi "to follow"). Meaning "belonging to

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the nature of a thing" is from 1640s.

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Medical Dictionary

intrinsic in·trin·sic (ĭn-trĭn'zĭk, -sĭk)
adj.

Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing.
Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts. Used of certain nerves and muscles.

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