Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the state or fact of inhering or being inherent.
- Philosophy. the relation of an attribute to its subject.
noun
- the state or condition of being inherent
- metaphysics the relation of attributes, elements, etc, to the subject of which they are predicated, esp if they are its essential constituents
1570s, from Medieval Latin inhaerentia, from inhaerentem (see inherent). Related: Inherency (c.1600).