in and of itself
By its nature
Considered alone, apart from other factors or context.
The phrase emphasizes that something has a quality intrinsically, without needing external circumstances to make it so: The statement isn't in and of itself offensive, but the timing made it cruel.
Often used to concede a point while suggesting more context matters: Money in and of itself won't make you happy.
- per seBy itself, essentially
- as suchIn itself
- intrinsicallyBy its very nature
- inherentlyBy essential nature
- independentlyWithout outside assistance
on its own · core · innately · substance · essence · pure and simple · standalone · standing alone · autonomy · qua · purity · as it stands · immanence · identity · abstraction · beingness · purely · ontology
in and of itselfextrinsically
From external sources
instrumentally · in relation to · derivatively · secondarily · conditionally
in and of itselfcontextually
Depending on surrounding circumstances
all things considered · in light of · holistically · circumstantially
itself, self, selves, selfish, selfhood, selfless, selfishly, selflessness