[f. CON- + NATURE, associated with connate, connatural. Introduced by H. Spencer: see Princ. Psychol., § 289, note.] Likeness or sameness of kind or nature; connaturalness, connaturality.
1872. H. Spencer, Princ. Psychol., II. v. § 289. Quantitative Reasoning involves the three ideas—coextension, coexistence, and connature; or to speak less accurately but more comprehensibly … sameness in kind.
