intrinsic

CEFRC1

/ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪk/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Belonging naturally to something as an essential part.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Built-in.

Examples

  • This celebration is an intrinsic part of the culture of our country.

  • Is this intrinsic to Islam?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

  2. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.

More examples

In context

  • the intrinsic value of gold or silver

  • the intrinsic merit of an action

  • SIMD intrinics

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The artist believed that beauty is an blank quality of the sculpture, not added later.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).