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inherence

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in·here  (n-hîr)
intr.v. in·hered, in·her·ing, in·heres
To be inherent or innate.
[Latin inhaerre : in-, in; see in-2 + haerre, to stick.]
in·herence (-hîrns, -hr-), in·heren·cy n.
inherence [ɪnˈhɪərəns -ˈhɛr-], inherency
n
1. the state or condition of being inherent
2. (Philosophy) Metaphysics the relation of attributes, elements, etc., to the subject of which they are predicated, esp if they are its essential constituents
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Noun1.inherence - the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic; "the inherence of polysemy in human language"
inherency
presence - the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon"


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In Presence: The Inherence of the Prototype With in Images and Other Objects, eds.
Evhe--Ouatchi: Un'estetica del Disordine/Une esthetique du disordre by Poppi, Cesare / African Arts
Superstar teen Jay Ferguson had been already sexualized through popular media before Clark stuck a poster of him near newspaper shots of Pamela Smart and her student-lover William Flynn--which isn't to say Clark's use of such material doesn't burn with the gasoline of his own complex erotics, but he is everywhere acknowledging that sexualization's inherence is what he's grappling with rather than denying or repressing it.
Larry Clark: International Center of Photography, New York by Hainley, Bruce / Artforum International
Are / teeth and trees and lemons"--the very inherence of the word and the thing.
On the sound of water: Amiri Baraka's "Black Art" by Brennan, Sherry / African American Review
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