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intrinsic
intrinsic is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses
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- 1adjective
Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.
- 2adjective
Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.
- 3noun
A genuine quality.
- 4adjective
situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
"intrinsic muscles"
- 5adjective
belonging to a thing by its very nature- John Dewey
"form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"
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