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Dictionary: con·nat·u·ral   (kə-năch'ər-əl, kŏ-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Innate; inborn.
  2. Related or similar in nature; cognate.

[Medieval Latin connātūrālis : Latin com-, com- + Latin nātūrālis, by birth; see natural.]

connaturality con·nat'u·ral'i·ty (-ə-răl'ĭ-tē) n.
connaturally con·nat'u·ral·ly adv.
connaturalness con·nat'u·ral·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual: built-in, congenital, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, native, natural. See be, native/foreign, start/end.
  2. Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin: agnate, akin, allied, cognate, connate, consanguine, consanguineous, kindred, related. See kin.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: similar in nature

Meaning #2: normally existing at birth
  Synonyms: inborn, inbred, native


 
 
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