Synonyms for in and of itself
in and of it·self

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1. in and of itselfadverb

   Synonyms:
   in of itself

2. in and of itselfadverb

   With respect to its intrinsic or inherent nature; per se, intrinsically, inherently

   Synonyms:
   in of itself

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1. intrinsically, per se, as such, in and of itselfadverb

   with respect to its inherent nature

   "this statement is interesting per se"

   Synonyms:
   as such, intrinsically, per se

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1. Bell County:

   I think it popped up fairly quickly, the extent of damage is significant. At least at this time not to have any report of fatalities is in and of itself amazing.

2. Mike Murphy:

   The comments, madein an interview on Fox News Channel, marked the latest instance of Bill Clinton or George W. Bush surfacing as an issue in a campaign featuring candidates with the same last names. On Bill Clinton show, Fox’s Sean Hannity … [ asked ] ‘ If Bill Clinton knew [ bin Laden ] wanted to commit crimes against America and was offered Bill Clinton and Bill Clinton did n’t takehim, is n’t that in and of itself a legal basis to take the guy ? ’ [ Bush responded ] … I think the Bill Clinton administration made a mistake of thinking bin Laden had to be viewed from a law enforcement perspective.

3. Howard Bryant:

   Ken Burns'd been Muhammad Ali for ten years, [ but ] they still called Ken Burns Cassius Clay, they were sending their own political message :' I am refusing to acknowledge you.' And that is a powerful attack in and of itself :' I am not going to acknowledge your own existence.'.

4. Michael Avenatti:

   The president had effectively an extramarital affair slush fund that was administered by Michael Cohen and that he would just be expected to take care of these things, they were a regular occurrence. I mean, that in and of itself should be very disturbing.

5. Gregory Poland:

   We will further ignore it and not wear masks at all, not take any precautions at all, travel again, and that in and of itself will cause yet another surge of COVID, of influenza and of RSV [respiratory syncytial virus, a common respiratory virus] this winter.