in essence

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in essence

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By nature; inherently. If the human being who answers these tendencies assumes a submissive behavior, in essence a lowering of head and shoulders, wavering glance, absence of all preparations for attack, general weakening of muscle tonus, and hesitancy in movement, the movements of attempt at mastery become modified into
Similar: essentially, substantively, substantially, basically, fundamentally, intrinsically · Opposite: circumstantially, happenstantially, incidentally, coincidentally, by chance, accidentally
broadly In most ways that matter; in all ways that matter.
Similar: essentially, substantively, substantially, basically, fundamentally, more or less

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@misc{in_essence_2026,
  title = {in essence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20essence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}