INHERENCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic

Example:

the inherence of polysemy in human language

Synonyms:

inherence; inherency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("inherency" is a kind of...):

presence (the state of being present; current existence)

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