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Definition of Connatural

1. Adjective. Similar in nature. "And mix with our connatural dust"

2. Adjective. Normally existing at birth. "Mankind's connatural sense of the good"

Definition of Connatural

1. a. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.

Definition of Connatural

1. Adjective. Similar in nature. ¹

2. Adjective. inborn; inherent; natural ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Connatural

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Connatural

conky joe conky joes conlang conlangs conman conmen conn connaisseur connaisseurs connascence

connascent connate connately connation connations connatural (current term) connaturalities connaturality connaturalize connaturalized

connaturalizes connaturalizing connaturally connaturalness connature connatures conne connect connect the dots connectable

Literary usage of Connatural

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Three Departments of the Intellect by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1869)
"Of connatural or innate knowledge. The considerations of this chapter naturally bring us upon thp question of innate or connatural knowledge. ..."

2. The Principles of Psychology by Herbert Spencer (1906)
"And then, joined to this, is the secondary element—likeness of degree between these connatural relations. The relations must be of the same order; ..."

3. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Two Departments of the by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1848)
"Of connatural or innate knowledge. The considerations of this chapter naturally bring us upon the question of innate or connatural knowledge. ..."

4. Works by Herbert Spencer (1910)
"And then, joined to this, is the secondary element—likeness of degree between these connatural relations. The relations must be of the same order; ..."

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