ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

5. Intrinsicality -- N. intrinsicality † , inbeing † , inherence, inhesion † ; subjectiveness; ego;
egohood † ; essence, noumenon; essentialness † &c adj.; essential part, quintessence,
incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul;
important part &c (importance) 642.
principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis † , diathesis † .
habit; temper, temperament; spirit, humor, grain; disposition.
endowment, capacity; capability &c (power) 157.
moods, declensions, features, aspects; peculiarities &c (speciality) 79; idiosyncrasy,
oddity; idiocrasy &c (tendency) 176; diagnostics.
V. be in the blood, run in the blood; be born so; be intrinsic &c adj..
Adj. derived from within, subjective; intrinsic, intrinsical † ; fundamental, normal;
implanted, inherent, essential, natural; innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought;
coeval with birth, genetous † , haematobious † , syngenic † ; radical, incarnate, thoroughbred,
hereditary, inherited, immanent; congenital, congenite † ; connate, running in the blood;
ingenerate † , ingenite † ; indigenous; in the grain &c n.; bred in the bone, instinctive;
inward, internal &c 221; to the manner born; virtual.
characteristic &c (special) 79, (indicative) 550; invariable, incurable, incorrigible,
ineradicable, fixed.
Adv. intrinsically &c adj.; at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually,
substantially, au fond; fairly.
Phr. character is higher than intellect [Emerson]; come give us a taste of your quality
[Hamlet]; magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna [Lat.] [Nepos]; non numero haec
judicantur sed pondere [Lat.] [Cicero]; vital spark of heavenly flame [Pope].
External conditions
6. Extrinsicality -- N. extrinsicality † , objectiveness, non ego; extraneousness &c 57;
accident; appearance, phenomenon &c 448.
Adj. derived from without; objective; extrinsic, extrinsical † ; extraneous &c (foreign) 57;
modal, adventitious; ascititious † , adscititious † ; incidental, accidental, nonessential;
contingent, fortuitous.
implanted, ingrafted † ; inculcated, infused.
outward, apparent &c (external) 220.
Adv. extrinsically &c adj..
4. MODAL EXISTENCE
Absolute
7. State -- N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight,
temper; aspect &c (appearance) 448, dilemma, pass, predicament.
constitution, habitude, diathesis † ; frame, fabric &c 329; stamp, set, fit, mold, mould.
mode, modality, schesis † ; form &c (shape) 240.
tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character.
V. be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state &c n.; be on a footing,
do, fare; come to pass.