Canonical and Natural

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Canonical adjective - Conforming to orthodox or recognized rules.

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Natural and canonical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Natural" instead an adjective "Canonical".

Nearby Words: canon, canonization, canonize

Natural adjective - Being such from birth or by nature.

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Canonical and natural are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Canonical" instead an adjective "Natural".

A common joke about Avengers Academy fans is that Mettle is a natural Chick Magnet for teenage Asian girls, leading to him being paired with his canonical girlfriend Hazmat, Armor, Surge, Nico Minoru or all four at the same time.

Source: Launcher Of A Thousand Ships / Comic Books
The canonicity of this event is questionable, although this may have inspired her canonical death of apparent natural causes in Valis II.

Source: Video Game / Valis
The Nemesis version is subverted in the Issue 19 med-porter arc: Your contact realizes the two enemy groups wouldn't work together on their own, and both groups have canonical ties to Nemesis, so he'd be the natural suspect even if he weren't behind everything else.

Source: Hijacked by Ganon

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