intrinsicadjective
uk/ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪk/us/ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪk/C2 being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing:
works of little intrinsic value/interest
Maths is an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.
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Essential or necessary
- a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
- basically
- basis
- be a question of doing sth idiom
- business-critical
- dependence
- if/when push comes to shove idiom
- imply
- incumbent
- indispensable
- inherent
- integral
- needed
- needful
- occasion
- on a need-to-know basis idiom
- owe
- owe it to yourself idiom
- underlying
- warrant
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intrinsically
adverb uk/ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪ.kəl.i/us/ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪ.kəl.i/