inherent or innate quality
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Sense 2 of "nature" at https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/nature:
The basic or inherent features of something, especially when seen as characteristic of it.
This passage was so highfalutin I had to look it up. It is South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis reading a prepared statement before a hearing of his committee. No surprise there. To ask what a lawyer-turned-politician means is like asking what Mona Lisa's smile means.
JigneshbharatiWhat does "nature of something" mean?
The nature of something is its