by definition
By its nature
By definition means as an inherent or essential quality—something true because of what the thing fundamentally is: A bachelor is, by definition, unmarried.
The phrase emphasizes that a characteristic follows necessarily from the very meaning of a term, not from circumstance or opinion: Dictatorships are by definition undemocratic.
- ipso factoBy the fact itself
- axiomaticAccepted without question
- necessarilyAs an unavoidable consequence
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
- tautologicalSelf-repeating in meaning
per se · goes without saying · certainty · intrinsic · truth · a priori · categorical · in essence · denotation · premise · analytically · inherent · semantics · essential · given · taken for granted · fundamental · absolute
by definitioncontingently
Depending on circumstances
by accident · by chance · as it happens · in practice · empirically
by definitionpossibly
With some likelihood
perhaps · maybe · conceivably · potentially · arguably
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