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connature

connature noun: a common or shared nature or character.

Noun

connature (countable and uncountable, plural connatures)

  1. (archaic) A common or shared nature or character.
    • Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness.1855, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology
    • Nothing is to be said respecting the connature of relations in its various modes, beyond describing it; for the relation of connature is not decomposable into other relations.1888, Walter Bowers Pillsbury, The Fundamentals of Psychology

Forms of connature

pluralconnatures

Questions about connature

What does connature mean?
Connature means a common or shared nature or character.
What part of speech is connature?
Connature is a noun.
What is the plural of connature?
The plural of connature is connatures.

Words near connature in the dictionary

  1. connaturalized
  2. connaturalizes
  3. connaturalizing
  4. connaturally
  5. connaturalness
  6. connature
  7. connatures
  8. Connaught
  9. Connaughtman
  10. Connaughtmen
  11. Connaughton

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