intrinsicality

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ɪnˌtrɪnsɪˈkælɪti/ UK /ɪnˌtrɪnsɪˈkælɪti/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the quality of being intrinsic or essential by nature

    He argued for the intrinsicality of value in great art.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the quality of being... inherencyessentialityinnatenessfundamentality
Opposites
extrinsicalitycontingency
Word family
Related forms intrinsicintrinsically

Etymology

From intrinsic (via Latin intrinsecus 'on the inside', from intra 'within' plus secus 'alongside') plus the suffixes -al and -ity.

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