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Inherency Definition & Meaning

inherency
noun
  1. the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic; "the inherence of polysemy in human language"

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What does inherency mean?
the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic; "the inherence of polysemy in human language"
What part of speech is inherency?
Inherency is a noun.

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