What is another word for congenital?

Pronunciation: [kənd͡ʒˈɛnɪtə͡l] (IPA)

Congenital is a term that is often used to describe a condition or trait that is present from birth. There are a number of synonyms for this word that can be used to convey the same idea. For example, the word innate refers to something that is inherent or natural, without any external influence. Inborn is another synonym for congenital that describes a trait or characteristic that is present from the beginning of life. Other synonyms that can be used include hereditary, genetic, and inherited. All of these words describe traits or conditions that are present from birth and are often used in medical or scientific contexts.

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What are the opposite words for congenital?

The word "congenital" implies a state of being from birth or inherent. The antonyms of this word would be "acquired" or "environmental," which means it is developed over time or influenced by outside factors. Another antonym would be "learned," indicating that the characteristic or behavior was acquired through intentional or unintentional instruction. "Optional" could also be an antonym to "congenital" because it signifies an object or characteristic that one selects, rather than having it as a physical occurrence or inherited trait. Other antonyms include "temporary," "situational," and "adapted." All of these antonyms reflect a characteristic that is different from "congenital" in their origin, nature or duration.

Usage examples for Congenital

congenital or accidental varieties.
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh
This anticipation appears first as congenital or acquired reactions on the part of the organism.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
These this chapter is designed to show: but first, since the development of the victorious civilization on alien soil depended primarily on the continued political supremacy of the men in whom it was congenital, it is necessary to see how long and to what extent political dominion was actually held in the East by men who were Greeks, either by birth or by training.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth

Famous quotes with Congenital

  • France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic.
    Charles Baudelaire
  • My daughter, when she was a week old, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. For the past thirteen years, she's had four major heart surgeries. She's a candidate for - and must have - heart replacement surgery in order to have a long life.
    Nick Cassavetes
  • I'd rather see what makes me different as something almost congenital. And I have these inklings that what you commit or endure in this world, relates to some kind of justice or balance. Maybe if you get a bad deal in this world, it is because of something you did, or were, in a previous life. Which is why I don't feel sorry for the poor.
    Nick Cave
  • The Chartres apse is as entertaining as all the other Gothic apses together, because it overrides the architect. You may, if you really have no imagination whatever, reject the idea that the Virgin herself made the plan; the feebleness of our fancy is now congenital, organic, beyond stimulant or strychnine, and we shrink like sensitive plants from the touch of a vision or spirit; but at least one can still sometimes feel a woman's taste, and in the apse of Chartres one feels nothing else.
    Henry Adams
  • But delightful though it is to indulge in righteous indignation, it is misplaced if we agree with the lady's-maid that high birth is a form of congenital insanity, that the sufferer merely inherits the diseases of his ancestors, and endures them, for the most part very stoically, in one of those comfortably padded lunatic asylums which are known, euphemistically, as the stately homes of England.
    Virginia Woolf

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