inherent nature
What something is
The inherent nature of something is what it fundamentally is—its essential character apart from circumstances or external influences.
Curiosity is part of human inherent nature.
The phrase often appears in philosophical or spiritual contexts discussing whether qualities are innate or acquired: Is aggression part of our inherent nature, or is it learned?
- substancePhysical material with mass
- coreCentral essential portion
- fundamentalForming the base
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
archetype · innate · defining · essence · true self · authenticity · immutable · truth · quintessential · being · deep down · instinctive · gut instinct · metaphysics · ethos · primal · organic · identity
- Buddha-naturetathagatagarbha, dharmakaya, suchness, true self
inherent natureacquired traits
Non-inherited developed features
learned behavior · acquired trait · conditioned responses · conditioned response · environmental influence
inherent, inherently, inhere, nature, natural, naturally, naturalism, naturalist, naturalistic