in and of itself

1. 1.

   with respect to its inherent nature

   “this statement is interesting per se”

   Synonymsintrinsicallyper se

Questions about in and of itself

What does in and of itself mean?

in and of itself means "with respect to its inherent nature".

What is another word for in and of itself?

Close synonyms include intrinsically, per se. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in and of itself a common word?

in and of itself is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.