Adjective : the intrinsic value of a gold ring. From Dictionary.com.
They simply seem find the idea intrinsically distasteful. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exploitation” of the Poor is a Poor Reason to Ban Organ Markets:] Reference
Different structures contain or suggest more or less of this kind of beauty, and in that proportion may be called intrinsically better or worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory] Reference
But just as no mortal can be more evil than good, so also no immortal can be more evil than good, that is to say intrinsically and over a vast space of time. From Wordnik.com. [The Complex Vision] Reference
I think you'd have an argument on your hands suggesting that money could be traded for something 'intrinsically' valuable. From Wordnik.com. [Arden Experimental Results: Preliminary Release] Reference
We all agree that "it is intrinsically evil to begin conception outside the marital embrace" (I take that by "intrinsically" you mean "objectively"). From Wordnik.com. [The difficult issue of embryonic adoption] Reference
February 27th, 2009 1: 49pm alex ross "What is meant by" intrinsically "here?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Political victories are therefore intrinsically transitory. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Christian America] Reference
The problem with endism is that it's intrinsically simplistic. From Wordnik.com. [Good journalism will thrive, whatever the format] Reference
A housing unit is solid and intrinsically valuable, although not portable. From Wordnik.com. [The Price of China's Property Boom] Reference
Why does that word make people think that a food is intrinsically healthy?. From Wordnik.com. [Organic junk food is still junk food] Reference
What Rolls found is that feeling full is intrinsically linked to certain foods. From Wordnik.com. [Filling Up With Less] Reference
Watch how he targets his kid audience with intrinsically funny words like "underwear.". From Wordnik.com. [Will YouTube superstardom translate to TV?] Reference
For much of my career I've studied health and how it's intrinsically tied to lifestyle. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Dean Ornish: Google Health Takes a Big Step Forward] Reference
Putting an extra hundred thousand dollars in your bank account is not intrinsically fulfilling. From Wordnik.com. [Arjuna Ardagh: The Gift You Were Born to Give] Reference
Astronomers first observed nearby supernovas, learning to tell how intrinsically bright such a star is. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbing The Universe] Reference
My own sense and experience is that girls are more intrinsically motivated and boys more extrinsically. From Wordnik.com. [The trouble with boys] Reference
There's a little bit of that, but I really think that consumers know intrinsically it pays to shop around. From Wordnik.com. [A GOOGLE TO GO] Reference
Without citing higher authority, social conservatives tend to agree that marriage is intrinsically straight. From Wordnik.com. [For Better Or For Worse] Reference
There is something about celebrity novels that seems intrinsically against nature, like cats playing the piano. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Novels: A Complete List From The Millions] Reference
"It would be great if everyone was intrinsically motivated to get good grades, but that's, like, not reality," said. From Wordnik.com. [Wager 101: Students Bet on Their Grades] Reference
In our interdependent world, we are all connected and the fate of our neighbors is intrinsically linked with our own. From Wordnik.com. [‘Many Hands Lighten the Load’] Reference
It has intrinsically interesting information in it that I couldn't see at the time because when I saw it, it was now. From Wordnik.com. [Siskel and Ebert's 'At The Movies' Takes Final Bow] Reference
We've had an inflection point where banking is going to be intrinsically more in the political domain than before the crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Gauging the New Normal] Reference
I'd still feel this way even if there were nothing intrinsically wrong with I games whose objectives are to kill and destroy. From Wordnik.com. [No, You Can't Have Nintendo] Reference
Mr. ANTUNES: And I thought, what if you put an instrument that converted the ionosphere, how it intrinsically is, into music?. From Wordnik.com. [DIY Satellites Let You Find Your Own Space] Reference
Behind this inaction lay the belief that markets are intrinsically rational — and, hence, the less they're regulated, the better. From Wordnik.com. [A World as Irrational as Ever] Reference
People may argue that hockey is not intrinsically violent, but just look at hockey players -- they all have bruises and broken bones. From Wordnik.com. ['We Live In A Very Angry Society, A Very Violent Society'] Reference
The rows of cages may be stacked 12 tiers high, making cage operations intrinsically difficult to clean and disinfect between flocks. From Wordnik.com. [Wayne Pacelle: FDA Inspection of Egg Factory Farms Mirrors HSUS Findings] Reference
But basic doctrine holds that all homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered" and homosexual orientation is an "objective disorder.". From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican: Going After Gay Priests] Reference
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