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   intrinsic

   /ɪnˈtrɪnsɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. belonging naturally; essential: "access to the arts is intrinsic to a high quality of life"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the general sense ‘interior, inner’): from French intrinsèque, from late Latin intrinsecus, from the earlier adverb intrinsecus ‘inwardly, inwards’.

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