N. intrinsicality, inbeing,
inherence,
inhesion, subjectiveness,
ego, egohood, essence,
noumenon, essentialness, essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality,
crasis,
diathesis, habit, temper,
temperament, spirit,
humor, grain, disposition,
endowment, capacity,
capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities,
idiosyncrasy,
oddity,
idiocrasy,
diagnostics V. be in the blood, run in the blood, be born so, be intrinsic
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, bred in the bone,
instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born,
virtual, characteristic, (indicative) 550, invariable, incurable,
incorrigible,
ineradicable, fixed
Adv. intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly
Phr. "character is higher than intellect", "come give us a taste of your quality" magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, "vital spark of heavenly flame", external conditions
N. consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood,
parentage,
filiation,
affiliation,
lineage,
agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood,
nepotism,
kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling,
sib, next of kin, uncle,
aunt, nephew,
niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice &c. removed, near relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family,
fraternity,
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
cousinhood, race, stock, generation,
sept,
stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation
V. be related to, claim relationship with, with
Adj. related,
akin,
consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied,
collateral,
cognate,
agnate,
connate, kindred,
affiliated,
fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german
Cause Roget’s Thesaurus §153 N. cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover,
primum mobile, vera causa, author,
mainspring, agent,
leaven,
groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well,
font, fountainhead, spring head,
wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence,
pivot,
hinge, turning point, lever,
crux,
fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore,
rationale, occasion,
derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents,
rudiment, egg, germ, embryo,
bud, root, radix radical,
etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock,
stirps, trunk, tap-root,
gemmule,
radicle,
semen,
sperm, nest,
cradle,
nursery,
womb,
nidus,
birthplace,
hotbed,
causality,
causation,
origination, production
V. be the cause of,
originate, give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to, cause, occasion, sow the seeds of,
kindle,
suscitate, bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about, produce,
create, set up, set afloat, set on foot, found,
broach, institute, lay the foundation of, lie at the root of,
procure, induce, draw down, open the door to,
superinduce,
evoke,
entail,
operate,
elicit,
provoke, conduce to,
contribute, have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie, determine, decide, turn the scale, have a common origin, derive its origin
Adj. caused,
causal, original, primary, primitive,
primordial,
aboriginal, protogenal, radical,
embryonic,
embryotic, in embryo, in ovo,
seminal,
germinal, at the bottom of,
connate, having a common origin
Adv. because, behind the scenes
Phr. causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
