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INHERENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inherence mean?
• INHERENCE (noun)
The noun INHERENCE has 1 sense:
1. the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
Familiarity information: INHERENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
inherence; inherency
Context example:
the inherence of polysemy in human language
Hypernyms ("inherence" is a kind of...):
presence (the state of being present; current existence)
Derivation:
inhere (be inherent in something)
inherent (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic)
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